Explanation
The Director of Finance and Management is hereby authorized to associate all General Budget Reservations resulting from this ordinance with the appropriate Universal Term Contract Purchase Agreements for Water Treatment Chemicals from established and pending Universal Term Contracts.
The following Purchase Agreement associations require approval by City Council in order for the division to expend more than $100,000.00, per 329.19(g):
This legislation is being processed to establish General Budget Reservations for the required funding to enter into a contract with the awarded vendors on an as-needed basis. All Water Treatment Chemical Universal Term Contracts will be established through the Department of Finance and Management, Purchasing Office and contracts must be approved by the Director of Finance and Management. The funding established on this ordinance cannot be used for any other purposes.
Emergency Designation: This legislation is to be considered an emergency measure because without emergency action no less than 37 days will be added to the procurement cycle and the efficient delivery of valuable public services will be slowed.
Universal Term Contracts
Aluminum Sulfate
Carbon Dioxide
Hydrofluosilicic Acid
Liquid Caustic Soda
Liquid Chlorine
Powdered Activated Carbon
Powdered Activated Carbon - Taste & Odor
Potassium Permanganate
Quicklime
Soda Ash
Sodium Hypochlorite
Zinc Orthophosphate
Liquid Oxygen
Hydrogen Peroxide
Calcium Thiosulfate
Sodium Chloride
Fiscal Impact:
$16,600,000.00 is required and budgeted in the Water Operating Fund to meet the financial obligations of these various expenditures. This ordinance is contingent on the passage of the 2017 operating budget, which is Ordinance 2863-2016.
$16,542,143.86 was spent in 2015
$16,812,883.33 was spent in 2014
Title
To authorize the Director of Finance and Management to associate all General Budget Reservations for the purchase of Water Treatment Chemicals for the Department of Public Utilities, Division of Water; to authorize the expenditure of $16,600,000.00 from the Water Operating Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($16,600,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the Purchasing Office has current and pending universal term contracts to acquire various Water Treatment Chemicals for the Division of Water; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Utilities, Division of Water, in that it is immediately necessary to establish general budget reservations for Water Treatment Chemicals to ensure that there is not an interruption of delivery, 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 Director of Finance and Management be and is hereby authorized to associate all General Budget Reservations resulting from this ordinance with the appropriate Universal Term Contract Agreements for Water Treatment Chemicals from established and pending Universal Term Contracts as listed within this legislation on behalf of the Department of Public Utilities, Division of Water.
SECTION 2. 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 3. That the expenditure of $16,600,000.00, or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby deemed appropriated, and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 4. That this Council hereby recognizes that this ordinance does not identify specific vendors for the expenditure purposes authorized herein and hereby delegates authority to the Director of Finance and Management to establish General Budget Reservations from current and pending water treatment chemical Universal Term Contracts.
SECTION 5. That for reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this Ordinance is 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.