Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes a transfer of $200,000.00 between object levels in the Fleet Services Fund 513. This will allow for Fleet Management to continue daily operations of repairs to Fire, Police, and Refuse Collection vehicles as needed. There have been an unexpected number of repairs earlier this year which has reduced the current available appropriation in object level 03. This transfer will allow additional purchase orders to be established to maintain purchasing automotive parts and services for City fleet vehicles.
FISCAL IMPACT: The transfer is in conformance to the Second Quarterly Financial Review. Savings are available from personnel because of a larger-than-expected number of vacancies. The Fleet Management Division is still expected to finish the year well under budget.
Emergency action is requested as there is an immediate need to transfer $200,000.00 within object levels of Fleet Services Fund, 513, in order for the division to operate without interruption of service to the City's fleet, including vehicles used by the Police, Fire, and Refuse Collection Divisions.
Title
To authorize the City Auditor to transfer $200,000.00 within the Fleet Management Division Fund in conformance with the Second Quarterly Financial Review in order to purchase automotive parts and services for City fleet vehicles; and to declare an emergency. ($200,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, this legislation authorizes the transfer of $200,000.00 from within object levels of the Fleet Services Fund, Fund 513; and
WHEREAS, this transfer is in in conformance with the Second Quarterly Financial Review; and
WHEREAS, the Finance and Management Department, Fleet Management Division has appropriation available in the personnel appropriation to cover this transfer; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operations of Fleet Management that it is immediately necessary to transfer $200,000.00 within the Fleet Management Division internal services fund in order to support daily operations, including the servicing of the fleet of the Police, Fire, and Refuse Collection divisions, 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 the City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to transfer $200,00.00 between object levels within the Department of Finance and Management, Fleet Management Division fund, 513, Dept/Div: 4505, OCA code 451347 from object level one: 01, object level three: 1101 to object level one: 03: object level three: 3373.
SECTION 2. That the monies in the foregoing Section 1 shall be paid upon order of the Director of the Finance and Management Department, and that no order shall be drawn or money paid except by voucher, the form of which shall be approved by the City Auditor.
SECTION 3. 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 nor vetoes the same.