Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to re-establish funds in the amount of $319,329.37 for Burgess & Niple, Inc. that were inadvertently canceled. These funds will be used to complete the Southerly Wastewater Treatment Plant Secondary Clarifier Additions and Improvements Project for Capital Improvements Project 650366-100000.
The canceled purchase order was EL007434 and the cancellation number was OX131423.
CONTRACT COMPLIANCE NO.: 31-0885550 | Exp. 11/26/2012 | MAJ
EMERGENCY DESIGNATION: The Department of Public Utilities is requesting an emergency designation at this time to facilitate this project's completion.
FISCAL IMPACT: This legislation authorizes the transfer within and expenditure of up to $319,329.37 from the Sanitary Sewer General Obligation Bond Fund, Fund 664 to re-establish funding for the Southerly Wastewater Treatment Plant Secondary Clarifier Additions and Improvements Project for Capital Improvements Project.
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To authorize the City Auditor to transfer within the Sanitary Sewer General Obligation Bond Fund $319,329.37 to re-establish funding for the Southerly Wastewater Treatment Plant Secondary Clarifier Additions and Improvements Project; to authorize the Director of Public Utilities to expend said funds; to authorize an amendment to the 2012 Capital Improvements Budget; and to declare an emergency. ($319,329.37)
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WHEREAS, the City Auditor is to transfer $319,329.37 to re-establish funding for the Southerly Wastewater Treatment Plant Secondary Clarifier Additions and Improvements Project for Burgess & Niple, Inc.; and
WHEREAS, the inadvertently canceled purchase order was EL007434; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary for the City Council to authorize the expenditure of funds from the Sanitary Sewer General Obligation Bond Fund, Fund 664; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize an amendment to the 2012 Capital Improvements Budget for the purposes of providing sufficient budget authority for the project expenditures.
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Utilities in that it is immediately necessary for Council to authorize the City Auditor to transfer funds in the amount of $319,329.37 for the Southerly Wastewater Treatment Plant Secondary Clarifier Additions and Improvements Project for Burgess & Niple, Inc.; at the earliest practical date for the preservation of 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 to transfer $319,329.37 within the Sanitary Sewer General Obligation Bond Fund, Fund 664, Division of Sewerage and Drainage, Division 60-05, Object Level One 06, Object Level Three 6630 as follows:
TRANSFER FROM:
Project | Project Name | OCA | Amount
650100-100001 | Sanitary Sewer Contingency CA/CI | 664101 | -$319,329.37
TRANSFER TO:
Project | Project Name | OCA | Amount
650366-100000 | SWWTP Sec. Clarifier Additions and Improvements | 650366 | +$319,329.37
SECTION 2. That the 2012 Capital Improvements Budget Ordinance No. 0368-2012 is hereby amended as follows, to provide sufficient budget authority for the execution of the engineering agreement stated in Section 7 herein:
Proj. No. | Proj. Name | Current Authority | Revised Authority | (Amount of Change)
650100-100001 | Sanitary Sewer Contingency CA/CI | $800,943 | $481,613 | (-$319,330)
650366-100000 | SWWTP Sec. Clarifier Add.s and Improvements | $0 | $319,330 | (+$319,330)
SECTION 3. That for paying the cost of these improvements, the Southerly Wastewater Treatment Plant Secondary Clarifier Additions and Improvements Project up to and including $319,329.37 is hereby authorized from Sanitary Sewer General Obligation Bond Fund, Fund No. 664, Dept./Div./ 60-05, OCA 650366, Object Level One 06, Object Level Three 6630, Project Number 650366-100000, to pay the cost thereof.
SECTION 4. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to transfer any unencumbered balance in the project account to the unallocated balance 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 no longer required for said project; except that no transfer shall be made from a project account by monies from more than one source.
SECTION 5. That the City Auditor is authorized to establish proper project accounting numbers as appropriate.
SECTION 6. 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 7. That for reasons stated in the preamble hereto, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force and after its passage and approval by the Mayor or ten days after its passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.