Explanation
The City of Columbus, Public Service Department, Transportation Division, completed the Polaris Parkway Widening project in 2002. This project widened Polaris Parkway from IR-71 to Old Worthington Road. Utility relocations performed by private utility companies were a necessary part of the work. The relocation expenses incurred by these utilities must be paid by the City of Columbus. This legislation authorizes payment for completed utility relocation work based on invoices received from Columbia Gas of Ohio (contract compliance number 31-0673990) in the amount of $16,595.67 and American Electric Power Company (contract compliance number 13-4922640) in the amount of $57,180.08 for a total of $73,775.75.
Funding for this purpose has been identified within the 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund from a cancelled Roadway Improvement project encumbrance.
Emergency action is requested so that the utilities can be reimbursed for their already completed utility relocation work.
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To authorize the Public Service Director to pay Columbia Gas of Ohio and American Electric Power Company for utility relocation costs incurred in conjunction with the Polaris Parkway Widening Project for the Transportation Division; to authorize the expenditure of $73,775.75 for this purpose from the 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund and to declare an emergency. ($73,775.75)
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WHEREAS, the City of Columbus, Public Service Department, Transportation Division, required utility relocation work to be performed by Columbia Gas of Ohio and American Electric Power Company for the Polaris Parkway Widening project; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize payment for utility relocations due to the existence of dedicated utility easements by the named utility companies; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Public Service Department, Transportation Division, in that it is immediately necessary to expend funds to reimburse the utility companies for utility relocations where necessary, 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 Public Service Director be and hereby is authorized to pay Columbia Gas of Ohio in the amount of $16,595.67 and American Electric Power Company in the amount of $57,180.08 (total $73,775.75) for utility relocation work performed in connection with the Polaris Parkway Widening project for the Transportation Division.
SECTION 2. That this expenditure be and hereby is authorized from the 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund, Fund 704, Department No. 59-09, Public Service Department, Transportation Division, Object Level One Code 06, Object Level Three Code 6631, OCA Code 644385, Project 530161 to pay the cost thereof.
SECTION 3. 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.