Explanation
Background:
This ordinance will enable the Director of Finance to establish a blanket purchase order with G & G Cement Contractors, for flat concrete work.
The Purchasing Office has established a Citywide contract (UTC #FL001162) to purchase cement for sidewalks and flat concrete work within City parks.
The cement will be purchased in accordance with the terms and conditions of the UTC, which expires 4/30/05.
Emergency action is requested as many sidewalks are in need of repair and have become a safety issue.
Fiscal Impact:
$100,000 is required and budgeted from the Voted 1995 and 1999 Parks and Recreation Bond Fund to meet the financial obligation of this purchase order.
Funding for these improvements is available from unallocated balances in the Voted 1995 & 1999 Parks and Recreation Bond Fund.
Title
To authorize and direct the Director of Finance to enter into a purchase order with G & G Cement Contractors, for concrete for the Recreation and Parks Department, to authorize the expenditure of $100,000.00 from the Voted 1995 & 1999 Parks and Recreation Bond Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($100,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the Recreation and Parks Department wishes to purchase concrete for use in City parks; and
WHEREAS, the concrete will be purchased in accordance with the Citywide contract established by the Purchasing Office; 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 said purchase order as many sidewalks are in need of repair and have become a safety issue; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That the Director of Finance be and he is hereby authorized and directed to enter into a purchase order with G & G Cement Contractors, for concrete for the Recreation and Parks Department, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Citywide contract on file in the Purchasing Office.
Section 2. That the expenditure of $100,000.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and is hereby authorized from the Voted 1995 & 1999 Parks and Recreation Bond Fund No. 702, Dept. 51-01, as follows, to pay the cost thereof.
Fund Type Project No. Project Title Object Level 3 OCA Code Amount
Cap. Proj. 510017 Park and Playground 6621 644526 $100,000
Improvements
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.