Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Finance and Management Director to enter into contract for the Facilities Management Division with Roofing by Insulation Unlimited, Inc., in the amount of $18,500.00 for engineering and repairs of the roof at 657 South Ohio Avenue. The contractor will provide engineering and infrared testing, which will result in the removal of all wet Spray Polyurethane Foam as identified with the infrared, and the installation of new 3.0 pound density BASF polyurethane foam insulation.
The contractor was selected pursuant to Columbus City Codes Section 329.08. Three contractors were contacted to provide bids. Harris Design Services and Mull and Weithman Architects, Inc. were unable to provide a quote. It is the recommendation of the Facilities Management Division to award this contract to the most responsive and responsible bidder, Roofing by Insulation Unlimited, Inc.
This ordinance also authorizes a transfer and appropriation of $18,500.00 from the unappropriated balance of the General Permanent Improvement Fund.
Emergency action is requested so that the contractor will be able to complete this project quickly, avoiding any further weather damage.
Fiscal Impact: Funding is available in the General Permanent Improvement Fund. This legislation transfers $18,500.00 from the Unallocated Balance Project to the Facility Renovation Project. The total cost of this contract is $18,500.00. Roofing by Insulation Unlimited, Inc. Contract Compliance Number 31-1797672, exp. 09/01/2007.
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To authorize the appropriation of $18,500.00 within the General Permanent Improvement Fund; to authorize a transfer of $18,500.00 between projects in the General Permanent Improvement Fund; to authorize the Finance and Management Director to enter into contract for the Facilities Management Division with Roofing by Insulation Unlimited, Inc. for engineering and repairs of the roof at 657 South Ohio Avenue, to authorize the expenditure of $18,500.00 from the General Permanent Improvement Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($18,500.00)
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WHEREAS, the roof at 657 South Ohio Avenue is in disrepair and in need of renovation, and
WHEREAS, the Facilities Management Division recommends contracting with Roofing by Insulation Unlimited, Inc., and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to transfer and appropriate money from the General Permanent Improvement Fund in order to pay for said contract; and
WHEREAS; an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Facilities Management Division in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Finance and Management Director to enter into contract with Roofing by Insulation Unlimited, Inc. for engineering and repairs of the roof at 657 South Ohio Avenue, thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare; now, therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That from the unappropriated monies in the General Permanent Improvement Fund (Fund 748), and from the monies estimated to come into said fund from any and all sources and unappropriated for any other purpose during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2006, the sum of $18,500.00 be and hereby is appropriated to the Facilities Management Division, Dept/Div. No. 45-07, Object Level One Code 06, Object Level Three Code 6620, and Project 748999.
SECTION 2. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to transfer funds within the General Permanent Improvement Fund as follows:
FROM:
Dept/Div: 45-01 | Fund 748 | Project: 748999 | Amount: $18,500.00
TO:
Dept/Div: 45-07 | Fund 748 | Project: 570030 | Amount: $18,500.00
SECTION 3. That the Finance and Management Director is hereby authorized to contract with Roofing by Insulation Unlimited, Inc. for engineering and renovation of the roof at 657 South Ohio Avenue.
SECTION 4. That the expenditure of $18,500.00, or so much thereof that may be necessary in regard to the action authorized in SECTION 1, be and is hereby authorized and approved as follows:
Division: 45-07
Fund: 748
Project: 570030
Object Level 1: 06
Object Level 3: 6620
Amount: $18,500.00
SECTION 5. That for reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the mayor neither approves or vetoes the same.