Explanation
Background: The following is an ordinance to authorize the City Attorney to acquire fee simple title and lesser interests, contract for professional services, and to expend the monies for payment of acquisition costs in connection with the Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade, Project 88.
Fiscal Impact: The Department of Public Utilities, Division of Sewerage and Drainage, has determined funding for this project will be from the Sanitary B.A.B. (Build America Bonds) Fund for this expenditure; and to amend to the 2009 Capital Improvements Budget to establish sufficient budget authority to cover the expenditure upon passage of the ordinance.
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Emergency Justification: Emergency action is requested to allow for the immediate acquisition of those real property interests necessary to this project and subsequently to the preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare.
Title
To authorize the City Attorney to acquire fee simple title and lesser interests, contract for professional services, and to transfer within and expend $250,000.00 from the Sanitary B.A.B. (Build America Bonds) Fund; Fund 668 for costs in connection with the Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade, Project 88; and to amend to the 2009 Capital Improvements Budget to establish sufficient budget authority to cover the expenditure upon passage of the ordinance, for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage and to declare an emergency. ($250,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the City of Columbus is engaged in the Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade, Project 88; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize the transfer within funds from the Sanitary B.A.B. (Build America Bonds) Fund in the amount of $250,000.00 for purposes of providing sufficient funding for the aforementioned project expenditure; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize an amendment to the 2009 Capital Improvements Budget for the purpose of providing sufficient spending authority for the aforementioned project expenditure; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary for City Council to authorize the expenditure of funds from the Sanitary B.A.B.s (Build America Bonds) Fund; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Utilities, Division of Sewerage and Drainage, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the City Attorney to acquire fee simple title and lesser interests in and to certain parcels of real estate and to contract for the aforesaid professional services necessary in connection with said project for the preservation of the public health, peace, property and safety; now, therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That the City Attorney be, and hereby is, authorized to acquire fee simple title and lesser interests in and to certain parcels of real estate and to contract for the professional services necessary in connection with the Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade, Project 88.
Section 2. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized to transfer of $250,000.00 within the Department of Public Utilities, Division of Sewerage and Drainage, Dept/Div. No. 60-05, Sewerage and Drainage Sanitary B.A.B.s (Build America Bonds) Fund, Fund No. 668, Object Level Three 6686, as follows:
From:
Project No. | Project Name | OCA Code | Change
650100-100000 | Sanitary Sewer Contingency | 668100 | (-$250,000.00)
To:
Project No. | Project Name | OCA Code | Change
650323-100000 | Wastewater Plants Upgrade Project 88 | 668323 | (+$250,000.00)
Section 3. That the City Auditor be and hereby is authorized to expend a total of $250,000.00 from the Sanitary B.A.B.s (Build America Bonds) Fund into the Southerly Waste Water Treatment Plant (SWWTP) New Effluent Pump Station and Effluent Conduit | Fund 668 | Div. 60-05 | Proj. 650323-100000 | OCA Code 668323 | Object Level Three 6686.
Section 4. That the 2009 Capital Improvements Budget Ordinance No. 0806-2009 is hereby amended as follows, to provide sufficient budget authority for the Capital Improvement Projects listed herein:
Fund No. | Proj. No. | Proj. Name | Current Authority | Revised Authority | (Change)
668 | 650100-100000 | Sanitary Sewer Contingency | $610,063 | $360,063 | (-$250,000)
668 | 650323-100000 | Wastewater Plants Upgrade Project 88 | $0 | $250,000) | (+$250,000)
Section 5. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized to transfer any unencumbered balance in the project account to the unallocated balance within the same fund upon receipt of certification by the Director of the Department administering said project that the project has been completed and the monies are no longer required for said project; except that no transfer shall be made from a project by monies from more than one source.
Section 6. That the City Auditor is authorized to establish proper project accounting numbers as appropriate.
Section 7. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all contracts or contract modifications associated with this ordinance.
Section 8. That the said firm shall perform the work to the satisfaction of the Director of Public Utilities and the Administrator of the Division of Sewerage and Drainage.
Section 9. That for the reasons state in the preamble hereto, 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 its passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.