Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a contract with the EARNHART HILL REGIONAL WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT ("District"), a political subdivision of the State of Ohio. The purpose of this contract is to provide adequate water supply to the commercial and industrial properties located in the Northern Pickaway Industrial Area, once those properties are included in a Joint Economic Development area (JEDD) that includes the City of Columbus. It is the parties' intent that as each JEDD is formed, the District shall enter into a contract with the JEDD. Once that contract is entered, this water contract shall be modified to include the territory included within the newly formed JEDD.
The term of this Contract will commence on the Effective Date, and shall remain in full force and effect until midnight of December 31, 2026.
The water rates to be charged to the District for water furnished pursuant to this Contract shall be the prevailing rate specified for Outside City Master Meter Contracts in Section 1105.055 of the Columbus City Code.
This ordinance is requested to be an emergency measure to allow the Director of Public Utilities to enter into contract at the earliest date possible.
FISCAL IMPACT: Once the commercial and industrial properties located in the Northern Pickaway Industrial Area, are included in a Joint Economic Development area (JEDD), the Department of Public Utilities will collect revenue from water rates specified for Outside City Master Meter Contracts in Section 1105.055 of the Columbus City Code.
Title
To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a contract with the EARNHART HILL REGIONAL WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT, a political subdivision of the State of Ohio, to provide adequate water supply to the commercial and industrial properties located in the Northern Pickaway Industrial Area, once those properties are included in a Joint Economic Development area (JEDD) that includes the City of Columbus, and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, there is a need to enter into a contract with the EARNHART HILL REGIONAL WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT ("District"), a political subdivision of the State of Ohio, to provide adequate water supply to the commercial and industrial properties located in the Northern Pickaway Industrial Area; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of this contract is to provide adequate water supply to the commercial and industrial properties located in the Northern Pickaway Industrial Area, once those properties are included in a Joint Economic Development area (JEDD) that includes the City of Columbus; and
WHEREAS, it is the parties' intent that as each JEDD is formed, the District shall enter into a contract with the JEDD. Once that contract is entered, this water contract shall be modified to include the territory included within the newly formed JEDD; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Utilities in that it is immediately necessary to enter into a contract with the EARNHART HILL REGIONAL WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT , a political subdivision of the State of Ohio, to provide adequate water supply to the commercial and industrial properties located in the Northern Pickaway Industrial Area, once those properties are included in a Joint Economic Development area (JEDD) that includes the City of Columbus, in an emergency manner to allow the Director of Public Utilities to enter into contract at the earliest date possible; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That the Director of Public Utilities is hereby authorized to enter into contract with the EARNHART HILL REGIONAL WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT , a political subdivision of the State of Ohio, to provide adequate water supply to the commercial and industrial properties located in the Northern Pickaway Industrial Area, once those properties are included in a Joint Economic Development area (JEDD) that includes the City of Columbus.
Section 2. 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.