Explanation
Ordinance 0740-2003 passed by City Council May 12, 2003, authorized the expenditure of $256,262.50 for construction inspection expenses for the Resurfacing 2003 Project 1 (OPWC). This amount is projected to be insufficient and additional monies are needed for this purpose. The shortage is due to the construction completion date being extended due to weather delays and additional work being added to the construction contract [that increases the inspection workload and cost]. In addition, inspection now includes some of the internal costs of the Transportation Division's Americans with Disabilities (ADA) service section. This ordinance authorizes the expenditure of $145,000.00 or so much thereof as may be needed for inspection work. This project is presently under construction.
This expense is budgeted in the Transportation Division's 2003 capital improvement program within the Resurfacing project in the 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund.
Emergency action is requested to be able to continue paying construction inspection expenses as soon as possible to maintain cash flow within the Development Services Fund and to keep the project on schedule.
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To authorize the Public Service Director to expend $145,000.00 or so much thereof as may be needed for construction inspection services related to the Resurfacing 2003 Project 1 - OPWC project for the Transportation Division; to authorize this expenditure from the 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($145,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the Resurfacing 2003 Project 1 - OPWC project is currently under construction; and
WHEREAS, additional inspection costs are projected to be incurred; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Transportation Division, Public Service Department, in that it is immediately necessary to provide additional monies for construction inspection services, 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 increase the existing construction inspection encumbrance EA039162-002 by $145,000.00 to pay construction inspection charges related to the Resurfacing 2003 Project 1 - OPWC project now under construction by the Transportation Division.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $145,000.00, or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized from the 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund, Fund 704, Department No.59-09, Object Level One Code 06, Object Level Three Code 6687, OCA Code 644385, Project 530282 for this purpose.
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.