This ordinance authorizes the Finance and Management Director to manage budget reservations and establish purchase orders and contracts with multiple vendors for acquiring various traffic management and control commodities for the Department of Public Service. It allows expenditure of up to $150,000 from the Street Construction, Maintenance, and Repair Fund and waives competitive bidding requirements by permitting the use of certain cooperative purchasing contracts. The ordinance was passed and declared an emergency.

To authorize the Finance and Management Director to associate all general budget reservations resulting from this ordinance and to establish purchase orders and contracts with multiple vendors for the purchase of various traffic management and control commodities for the Department of Public Service; to authorize the expenditure of up to $150,000.00 from the Street Construction, Maintenance, and Repair Fund for the purchase of various traffic management and control commodities; to waive the competitive bidding provisions of the Columbus City Code Chapter 329 with respect to the usage of certain cooperative purchasing contracts for the purpose of purchasing various traffic management and control commodities; and to declare an emergency. ($150,000.00)