Explanation
BACKGROUND
This legislation authorizes the Finance and Management Director to associate all General Budget Reservations resulting from this ordinance with the following current and pending Universal Term Contract Purchase Agreements listed below for the Division of Power. This contract will provide services to identify, clean-up and dispose of hazardous and non-hazardous wastes. The Division of Power will also use the contract for cleanup of oil spills from transformers damaged by storms, vehicle wrecks and vandalism.
The Purchase Agreement associations listed require approval by City Council in order for the division to expend more than $100,000.00, per Columbus City Code Chapter 329.
UNIVERSAL TERM CONTRACT PURCHASE AGREEMENTS
Waste ID and Clean-Up Services
VENDORS
Sustain LLC, cc# 044852 expires 3/23/25, EBE status
The company is not debarred according to the Excluded Party Listing System of the Federal Government or prohibited from being awarded a contract according to the Auditor of State Unresolved Findings for Recovery Certified Search.
FISCAL IMPACT: $115,000.00 is budgeted and needed for this purchase. This ordinance is contingent on the passage of the 2025 Operating Budget, Ordinance 3036-2024.
$76,469.09 was spent in 2024
$106,302.45 was spent in 2023
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and Management to associate all General Budget Reservations resulting from this ordinance with the appropriate current and pending Universal Term Contract Purchase Agreements to provide services to identify, clean-up and dispose of hazardous and non-hazardous wastes for the Division of Power; and to authorize the expenditure of $115,000.00 from the Electricity Operating Fund. ($115,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the Purchasing Office has established current and pending Universal Term Contract Purchase Agreements for Waste ID and Clean-Up Services; and
WHEREAS, the expenditure of $115,000.00 or so much thereof as is needed for the services from and within the Division of Electricity Operating Fund; and
WHEREAS, the Division of Power needs to establish purchase orders as needed up to the amount of $115,000.00 for services; and
WHEREAS, City Code Chapter 329.19 requires an ordinance approved by City Council for a City agency to purchase more than $100,000.00 in a fiscal year from a Universal Term Contract; and
WHEREAS, the expenditure of $115,000.00 or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized from object class 03 Services in Fund 6300 (Electricity Operating) per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance; and
WHEREAS, it has become necessary in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Utilities to authorize the Finance and Management Director to associate all General Budget Reservations resulting from this ordinance with the appropriate current and pending Universal Term Contract Purchase Agreements for the services; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of the Department of Finance and Management is hereby authorized to associate all General Budget Reservations resulting from this ordinance with appropriate current and pending Universal Term Contract Purchase Agreement for Waste ID & Clean-up Services for the Division of Power.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $115,000.00 or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized from object class 03 Services in Fund 6300 (Electricity Operating) per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That the funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are hereby deemed appropriated and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 4. 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 5. That this Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.