..Explanation
The Transportation Division is responsible for maintaining the City's roadways. The City receives an annual allocation of funds from the County's $5.00 Auto License Tax for Franklin County Engineer-approved projects completed by the City on arterial streets within City limits. After receipt, these funds are deposited into the City's County Auto License Tax Fund (Fund 264) and are used to reimburse costs incurred by the Transportation Division within other funds. Preliminary approval for funding these projects has been received from the Franklin County Engineer.
This ordinance authorizes the appropriation of $2,900,000.00 within the County Auto License Tax Fund for the Traffic Signals on Arterial Streets 2003 project (2,000,000.00) and the Signs and Pavement Markings 2003 project ($900,000.00).
FISCAL IMPACT: The County Auto License Tax Fund has a sufficient cash balance from which to encumber these funds.
Emergency action is requested to have this appropriation take effect immediately to promote and reinforce efficient accounting practices.
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To authorize the appropriation of $2,900,000.00 from the unappropriated balance of the County Auto License Tax Fund to the Transportation Division for County Engineer-approved Traffic Signal and Sign and Pavement Markings projects in the City of Columbus, and to declare an emergency. ($2,900,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the Transportation Division is responsible for maintaining the City's roadways, and
WHEREAS, the City receives an annual allocation of funds from the County's $5.00 Auto License Tax for Franklin County Engineer-approved projects completed by the City on arterial streets within City limits, and
WHEREAS, these funds are deposited into the City's County Auto License Tax Fund and are then used to reimburse costs incurred by the Transportation Division within other Funds, and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Transportation Division, Public Service Department, in that an appropriation of funds is immediately necessary to allow for these monies to be used for said purposes; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That from the unappropriated balance of the County Auto License Tax Fund, Fund 264, and from all monies estimated to come into said fund from any and all sources and unappropriated for any other purpose during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2003, the sum of $2,900,000.00 be and hereby is appropriated to the Transportation Division, Department No. 59-09 as follows: Traffic Signals, Arterial Streets 2003 project, OCA Code 059896, Object Level One/Object Level Three Codes 06/6622, amount $2,000,000.00; and Signs and Pavement Markings 2003 project, OCA Code 059895, Object Level One/Object Level Three Codes 03/3375, amount $900,000.00.
SECTION 2. That the monies appropriated in Section 1 shall be paid upon order of the Public Service Director and that no order shall be drawn or paid except by voucher, the form of which shall be approved by the City Auditor.
SECTION 3. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby declared to be a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force immediately after its passage and approval by the Mayor or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.