Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance requests Columbus City Council to authorize the Director of Public Service to write off the debts owed to the Division of Planning and Operations for uncollectible property damage accounts, as follows:
INVOICE NO. NAME SERVICE LOCATION AMOUNT
AR140007-004 Charles A. Touvell Hamilton Road & Kingsdale Ave $26,743.42
These charges were for replacement of traffic control cabinet and signal pole damaged on February 16, 2011 as a result of a vehicular accident, crash report # 4010 where Mr. Touvell was cited. The City Attorney has advised this claim was asserted beyond the statute of limitations for filing a lawsuit. Therefore, the Department of Public Service is requesting that this account be written off as uncollectible.
FISCAL IMPACT: Formally writing off this debt as uncollectible officially recognizes that the City will forego this revenue. This step is prudent to maintaining accurate, timely and realistic accounting records.
Title
To authorize the Director of Public Service to write off, as uncollectible, an unpaid property damage account due the City of Columbus, Department of Public Service, Division of Planning and Operations, in the amount of Twenty-six thousand, Seven Hundred, Forty-three dollars and Forty-two cents. ($26,743.42)
Body
WHEREAS, the Division of Planning and Operations provided replacement of a traffic control cabinet and signal pole damaged as a result of an accident where Charles A. Touvell was cited; and
WHEREAS, the City of Columbus, Department of Public Service, Division of Planning and Operations is owed $26,743.42 for damage repair service provided to this location on February 16, 2011; and
WHEREAS, the City Attorney has advised that this debt should be written off as uncollectible because the applicable statute of limitations has run; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to provide the Director of Public Service with the authority to write off this debt as uncollectible; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of Public Service be and is hereby authorized to write off as uncollectible the damage repair charges due from Charles A. Touvell, in the amount of Twenty-six thousand, Seven Hundred, Forty-three dollars and Forty-two cents. ($26,743.42)
follows:
INVOICE NO. NAME SERVICE LOCATION AMOUNT
AR140007-004 Charles A. Touvell Hamilton Road & Kingsdale Ave $26,743.42
Total: $26,743.42
SECTION 2. That this Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.