Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the annual appropriation of monies within the Municipal Motor Vehicle License Tax Fund for the Division of Planning and Operations. This $5.00 permissive tax has been levied by the City of Columbus since 1987. This money is used for division operating expenses consistent with the 2010 budget. The amount being appropriated within this ordinance is $3,298,750.00. Proposed expenditures are estimates and are subject to change. Where appropriate, expenditure ordinances will be submitted to City Council for approval to procure these commodities and services.
2. FISCAL IMPACT
Annual revenue into this Fund is consistently in the $3,000,000.00 to $3,500,000.00 range. Ordinance 2007-2008 passed by City Council January 28, 2009, authorized the 2009 appropriation of $3,493,480.00. The Division of Planning and Operations has expended and/or encumbered nearly all funds appropriated during 2009.
3. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION
Emergency action is requested to make these funds available to the division as soon as practical to meet anticipated 2010 needs.
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To appropriate $3,298,750.00 from the unappropriated balance of the Municipal Motor Vehicle License Tax Fund for anticipated 2010 operating expenditures for the Division of Planning and Operations, Department of Public Service; and to declare an emergency. ($3,298,750.00)
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WHEREAS, planned expenditures utilizing monies from the Municipal Motor Vehicle License Tax Fund are ready to proceed; and
WHEREAS, an appropriation of funds is necessary; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Division of Planning and Operations, Department of Public Service, in that it is immediately necessary to appropriate said funds to permit these expenditures and allow materials, supplies and services to be procured without delay to meet anticipated 2010 needs, 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 sum of $3,298,750.00 be and hereby is appropriated from the unappropriated balance of the Municipal Motor Vehicle License Tax Fund, Fund 266, 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, 2010, to the Division of Planning and Operations, Department-Division No. 59-11, as follows:
OCA Codes to be assigned by the City Auditor
materials and supplies / O.L. One/O.L. Three Code / amount
salt / 02/2192 / $1,500,000.00
paint/02/2195/ $12,000.00
sand/02/2196/ $10,000.00
gravel / 02/2197 / $150,000.00
concrete / 02/2198 / $90,000.00
other chemicals / 02/2204 / $100,000.00
other street and sidewalk maintenance materials / 02/2262 / $467,000.00
traffic signs and signals/ 02/2265 / $300,000.00
electrical supplies/ 02/2273 / $25,000.00
Subtotal, Object Level One Code 02: $2,654,000.00
OCA Codes to be assigned by the City Auditor
services / O.L. One/ O.L. Three Code / amount
water and sewer / 03/3312 / $150,750.00
maintenance services - other assets / 03/3375 / $494,000.00
Subtotal, Object Level One Code 03: $644,750.00
Grand Total: $3,298,750.00
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 money 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 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.