Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes amendments to the Department of Public Service’s 2025 Capital Improvement Budget (CIB) and transfers of cash and appropriation within the Streets and Highways Bond Fund.
Several of the amendments contained in this legislation are necessary to reconcile the Capital Improvement Budget with available cash balances following the completion and cancellation of prior encumbrances. These adjustments ensure that project budgets accurately reflect the cash available within each project.
Additional amendments and transfers are necessary to realign funding between projects to support current project needs and restore funding that had previously been temporarily moved to advance projects prior to the receipt of 2025 bond sale proceeds.
These amendments are primarily administrative in nature and do not represent changes to project scope or program priorities but instead ensure that project budgets accurately reflect available cash balances and current funding needs.
2. FISCAL IMPACT
This ordinance authorizes the transfer of cash and appropriation within the Streets and Highways Bond Fund, Fund 7704, and amends the 2025 Capital Improvement Budget to align project budgets with available cash and current funding needs.
There are no new expenditures associated with this legislation.
3. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION
Emergency action is requested to allow these amendments and transfers to be posted to the City's Capital Improvement Budget and accounting system as soon as possible to ensure accurate accounting of available budget authority and cash.
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To amend the 2025 Capital Improvement Budget; to authorize the transfer of cash and appropriation within the Streets and Highways Bond Fund; to align project budgets with available cash balances and current project funding needs; and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)
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WHEREAS, it is necessary to amend the 2025 Capital Improvements Budget to align project budgets with available cash balances and current funding needs; and
WHEREAS, certain amendments contained herein are necessary to reconcile project budgets with available cash following the completion and cancellation of prior encumbrances; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to transfer appropriation and cash between projects within the Streets and Highways Bond Fund to support current project needs and restore funding previously moved to advance projects prior to the receipt of 2025 bond sale proceeds; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual operation of the Department of Public Service in that it is immediately necessary to make said amendments and transfers to ensure accurate accounting of budget authority and cash, all for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; and now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the 2025 Capital Improvements Budget authorized by ordinance 1790-2025 be amended as follows to establish sufficient authority for this project:
Fund / Project / Project Name / C.I.B. / Change / C.I.B. as Amended
7704 / P530103-100000 / Arterial Street Rehabilitation (Voted Carryover) / $70,667 / ($70,667) / $0 (to match cash)
7704 / P530103-100061 / Arterial Street Rehabilitation - E. Broad Street Widening (Voted Carryover) / $1 / ($1) / $0 (to match cash)
7704 / P530103-100052 / Arterial Street Rehabilitation - Hamilton Road - I-70 to Refugee Road (Voted Carryover) / $0 / $159,547 / $159,547 (to match cash)
7704 / P530103-100054 / Arterial Street Rehabilitation - Hamilton Rd - 161 to Morse Rd - Phase A (Voted Carryover) / $0 / $322,712 / $322,712 (to match cash)
7704 / P530103-100075 / ASR - SR161 I-71 to Cleveland Avenue Phase I - Part 2 (Parkville/Spring Run) (Voted Carryover) / $0 / $66,252 / $66,252 (to match cash)
7704 / P540002-100000 / Bikeway Development (Voted Carryover) / $94,137 / $145,111 / $239,248 (to match cash)
7704 / P530301-100000 / Bridge Rehabilitation (Voted Carryover) / $110,430 / $31,114 / $141,544 (to match cash)
7704 / P590130-100000 / Facilities Capital Improvements (Voted Carryover) / $4,940 / $61,189 / $66,129 (to match cash)
7704 / P530086-100000 / Misc. Intersection Improvements (Voted Carryover) / $302,256 / $2,670 / $304,925 (to match cash)
7704 / P530086-100027 / Intersection Improvements - Hilliard Rome Road at Feder Road (Voted Carryover) / $500,000 / $23,665 / $523,665 (to match cash)
7704 / P530086-100041 / Intersection Improvements - Georgesville Road at Hall Road (Voted Carryover) / $0 / $138,871 / $138,871 (to match cash)
7704 / P530086-100047 / Intersection - E. Powell Road and Lyra Drive (Voted Carryover) /$0 / $48,387 / $48,387 (to match cash)
7704 / P538007-100000 / Intersection - E. Broad St. at Reynoldsburg-New Albany Rd. (Voted Carryover) / $1 / ($1) / $0 (to match cash)
7704 / P590955-100000 / Operation Sidewalks (Voted Carryover) / $0 / $128,989 / $128,989 (to match cash)
7704 / P440104-100000 / Misc. Economic Development (Voted Carryover) / $202,659 / ($202,659) / $0 (to match cash)
7704 / P440104-100040 / Miscellaneous Developments- Vision Zero Action Plan Implementation (Voted Carryover) / $4,004,329 / ($163,873) / $3,840,456 (to match cash)
7704 / P590105-902283 / Pedestrian Safety Improvements - TRR Sidewalk Replacement (2025) (Voted Carryover) $1 / ($1) / $0 (to match cash)
7704 / P590105-100468 / Pedestrian Safety - SRTS - Summit Street Bump-Outs (Voted Carryover) / $11,111 / $50,169 / $61,280 (to match cash)
7704 / P590105-100115 / Pedestrian Safety Improvements - Third Avenue Sidewalks (Voted Carryover) / $0 / $62,636 / $62,636 (to match cash)
7704 / P590105-100112 / Pedestrian Safety Improvements - Refugee Road - Winchester Pike to Hamilton Road (Voted Carryover) / $67,983 / $69,482 / $137,465 (to match cash)
7704 / P590105-100127 / Pedestrian Safety Improvements - Worthington Woods Boulevard Sidewalks (Sancus to Deer Creek) (Voted Carryover) /$0 / $94,367 / $94,367 (to match cash)
7704 / P590105-100448 / Pedestrian Safety - Courtright Rd Sidewalks- Refugee Rd to Groves Rd (Voted Carryover) / $37,435 / $213,874 / $251,309 (to match cash)
7704 / P590105-100450 / Pedestrian Safety -Walford St, Sharbot Dr, and Northtowne Blvd Sidewalks (Voted Carryover) / $1,887,507 / $14,271 / $1,901,778 (to match cash)
7704 / P590105-100000 / Pedestrian Safety Improvements (Voted Carryover) / $0 / $149,149 / $149,149 (to match cash)
7704 / P530282-100051 / Resurfacing - Resurfacing Projects (Voted Carryover) / $2,999,004 / $1,929,844 / $4,928,848 (to match cash)
7704 / P530161-100000 / Roadway Improvements (Voted Carryover) / $57,471 / $83,456 / $140,927 (to match cash)
7704 / P530161-100035 / Roadway Improvements - Front Street and Marconi Boulevard (Voted Carryover) / $0 / $1,231,613 / $1,231,613 (to match cash)
7704 / P530161-100081 / Roadway Improvements - Lazelle Road (Phase B) (Voted Carryover) / $0 / $126,595 / $126,595 (to match cash)
7704 / P530806-100000 / Lockbourne Rd/104 - Streetscape Improvements (Voted Carryover) / $300,000 / ($300,000) / $0 (to match cash)
7704 / P531024-100001 / Roadway - LinkUS - Northwest Corridor Phase 2 (Voted Carryover) / $2,250,000 / ($2,250,000) / $0 (to match cash)
7704 / P531002-100000 / Roadway Improvements - Little Turtle Way (Voted Carryover) / $0 / $401,623 / $401,623 (to match cash)
7704 / P538003-100000 / Intersection-Cleveland Avenue-5th Ave to Lehner Rd (Voted Carryover) / $0 / $73,305 / $73,305 (to match cash)
7704 / P531034-100000 / Roadway - Sullivant Avenue - Hague to I70 (Voted Carryover) / $0 / $218,913 / $218,913 (to match cash)
7704 / P531058-100000 / Roadway - Gender Rd - Winchester Pike to Brice Rd (Voted Carryover) / $0 / $20,974 / $20,974 (to match cash)
7704 / P545018-100000 / Signals - Flashing Yellow Arrow Implementation Pilot (Voted Carryover) / $0 / $166,444 / $166,444 (to match cash)
7704 / P531079-100000 / Roadway - Livingston Ave - 18th St to Nelson Rd (Voted Carryover) / $3,834,999 / ($960,000) / $2,874,999
7704 / P530103-100060 / Arterial Street Rehabilitation - Cassady Avenue Widening (Bexley Corp to 7th Av) (Voted Carryover) / $2,666,928 / $500,000 / $3,166,928
7704 / P531081-100000 / Roadway - Livingston Ave - Alum Creek Trail to James Rd (Voted Carryover) / $500,000 / $460,000 / $960,000
7704 / P540002-100116 / Bikeway - Sullivant Ave - Georgesville Rd to S Wilson Rd (Voted 2022 ITSA Supported) / $730,000 / ($500,000) / $230,000
7704 / P590105-100450 / Pedestrian Safety -Walford St, Sharbot Dr, and Northtowne Blvd Sidewalks (Voted 2022 ITSA Supported) / $1,000,000 / ($1,000,000) / $0
7704 / P540002-100105 / Bikeway Development - Tussing Road SUP Brice Rd to Hines Rd (Voted 2022 ITSA Supported) / $0 / $1,500,000 / $1,500,000
7704 / P590105-100474 / Pedestrian Safety - 17th Ave - I71 to Billiter Blvd (Voted 2022 ITSA Supported) / $420,000 / ($400,000) / $20,000
7704 / P540002-100000 / Bikeway Development (Voted 2022 ITSA Supported) / $500,000 / ($250,000) / $250,000
7704 / P590105-100481 / Pedestrian Safety - Marion Franklin Sidewalks (Voted 2022 ITSA Supported) / $410,000 / $650,000 / $1,060,000
SECTION 2. That the Director of Finance and Management or designee is hereby authorized to make minor technical amendments within each project category as necessary to carry out the intent of this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That the transfer of $500,000.00, or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized within Fund 7704 (Streets and Highways Bond Fund), from Dept-Div 5912 (Design and Construction), Project P531079-100000 (Roadway - Livingston Ave - 18th St to Nelson Rd), Object Class 06 (Capital Outlay) to Dept-Div 5912 (Design and Construction), Project P530103-100060 (Arterial Street Rehabilitation - Cassady Avenue Widening) in Object Class 06 (Capital Outlay) per the account codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 4. That the transfer of $460,000.00, or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized within Fund 7704 (Streets and Highways Bond Fund), from Dept-Div 5912 (Design and Construction), Project P531079-100000 (Roadway - Livingston Ave - 18th St to Nelson Rd) to Dept-Div 5912 (Design and Construction), Project P531081-100000 (Roadway - Livingston Ave - Alum Creek Trail to James Rd) in Object Class 06 (Capital Outlay) per the account codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 5. Funds are hereby deemed appropriated and expenditures and transfers authorized to carry out the purposes of this ordinance and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 6. That for the 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 nor vetoes the same.