Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Finance and Management Director to modify a contract on behalf of the Facilities Management Division with Ohio Technical Services for cleaning and lead abatement at the Police Indoor Crime Lab Shooting Range, 520 King Avenue. The contract was formally bid in March 2007 (SA002349). It was not bid for a particular building but encompassed all buildings under the purview of Facilities Management. Bidders provided their hourly rates. It was modified by Ordinance Number 1897-2008, in the amount of $12,695.00 and by Ordinance Number 0355-2009, in the amount of $216,587.00. This ordinance modifies the second of three one-year renewal options and authorizes necessary expenditures for this work. The contract term is April 1, 2009 through March 31, 2010. The Police Division will utilize this blanket contract in order to complete this project.
The contractor shall clean and dispose of lead dust from the crime lab's indoor shooting range. This will include wiping down all ledges, all surfaces, taking ceiling tiles out of the grid and disposing of and cleaning the grid for new tile, wiping all lights, and sanitizing the floor. The abatement will take approximately four days to complete. This abatement is necessary to provide a safe working environment for Police Division and Facilities Management Division personnel.
EMERGENCY ACTION is requested to ensure the abatement and disposal of lead can occur in accordance with federal and state regulations.
Ohio Technical Services Contract Compliance Number 31-1640431, Expiration date 03/11/2011
FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance authorizes an expenditure of $20,447.00 from existing cash in the Safety Voted Bond Fund.
Title
To authorize the Finance and Management Director to modify a contract on behalf of the Facilities Management Division with Ohio Technical Services for lead abatement at the Police Indoor Crime Lab Shooting Range, 520 King Avenue; to authorize the expenditure of $20,447.00 from the Safety Voted Bond Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($20,447.00)
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WHEREAS, the Facilities Management Division formally bid a contract with Ohio Technical Services through SA002349; and
WHEREAS, said contract needs to be renewed for the period April 1, 2009 through March 31, 2010, and
WHEREAS, the Police Division has a need for cleaning and lead abatement services at the Indoor Crime Lab Shooting Range; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Finance and Management Department, Office of Construction Management in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Finance and Management Director to modify a contract with Ohio Technical Services for lead abatement services at the Police Indoor Crime Lab Shooting Range, to ensure that abatement and disposal of lead can occur in accordance with federal and state regulations, thereby protecting the users of the firing range from medical complications thereby preserving the public peace, property, health, safety, and welfare; now, therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Finance and Management Director is hereby authorized to modify a contract on behalf of the Facilities Management Division with Ohio Technical Services in order to accomplish lead abatement at the Police Indoor Crime Lab Shooting Range, 529 King Avenue.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $20,447.00, or so much thereof that may be necessary in regard to the action authorized in SECTION 1, be and is hereby authorized and approved as follows:
Division: 30-03
Fund: 701
Project: 330021
OCA Code: 644476
Object Level 1: 06
Object Level 3: 6620
Amount: $20,447.00
SECTION 3. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all contracts or contract modifications associated with this ordinance.
SECTION 4. That for 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.