Explanation
Background:
This ordinance will authorize the Director of Recreation and Parks to enter into a contract with SBC/Ameritech for parking lot utility relocation at Starling and Belle Streets.
The Contract Compliance Number for SBC/Ameritech is #36-3251482-014.
Work to be done includes all associated splicing, labor, materials, inspector, (3) dig splice pits, restoration of concrete, bore and place cable, and remove SBC old facilities.
This ordinance is submitted as an emergency to allow project to begin as soon as possible and be completed prior to busy summer season for parking facilities.
Fiscal Impact:
$14,463.12 is budgeted in the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund to meet the financial obligation of this project.
Title
To authorize the Director of Recreation and Parks to enter into contract with SBC/Ameritech for parking lot utility relocation at Starling and Belle Streets, to authorize the expenditure of $14,463.12 from the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($14,463.12)
Body
WHEREAS, parking lot utilities need to be relocated at Starling and Belle Streets; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately necessary to enter into contract with SBC/Ameritech work needs to be completed prior to busy summer season for parking facilities; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That the Director of Recreation and Parks be and he is hereby authorized and directed to enter into contract with SBC/Ameritech for parking lot utility relocation at Starling and Belle Streets, in accordance with plans and specifications on file in the Recreation and Parks Department.
Section 2. That the expenditure of $14,463.12, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and is hereby authorized from the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund No. 286, Dept. 51-01, 2002 Scioto Peninsula, Project No. 510202, Object Level 3 6621, OCA Code 510202, to pay the cost thereof.
Section 3. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized to transfer the unencumbered balance in a project account to the unallocated balance account 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 so made from a project account funded by monies from more than one source.
Section 4. 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.