Explanation
Background: The Public Service Department, Transportation Division, is engaged in the Morse Road Phase 1 (OPWC) project. This project is the third of five for the Morse Road - Indianola Avenue to Cleveland Avenue corridor and consists of construction a landscaped median, curb and gutter, an improved storm drainage system, bike lanes, upgraded traffic signals, street and pedestrian lighting and better access management to reduce accidents and provide pedestrian access.
Ordinance 1074-2004, passed by City Council on July 19, 2004 authorized the expenditure of a total of $850,000.00 to American Electric Power Company, the city Electricity Division, SBC, Wide Open West and other utilities for utility location work connected with this project.
Ordinance 0402-2005, passed by City Council on March 21, 2005 authorized a $8,396,016.27 contract with Complete General Construction Company, Incorporated, for the construction of the Morse Road Phase 1 (OPWC) project.
Some of the utility relocation work authorized within the first ordinance will now be performed by the contractor instead of by the utilities. It is therefore necessary to amend both of these ordinances to provide for and reflect this change. The amount authorized within Ordinance 1074-2004 for the utilities must be reduced by $221,527.09 from $850,000.00 to $628,472.91. The amount authorized for the contract must be increased by a like amount from $8,396,016.27 to $8,617,543.36.
This legislation also amends Ordinance 1074-2004 to reflect the expenditure within that Ordinance being made from the Local Transportation Improvement Program Fund instead of the 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund. All Morse Road project expenses should be reflected from the same Fund. At the time that 1074-2004 was written it was not known that Local Transportation Improvement Fund monies would be available. The Auditor's Certificate established in conjunction with the passage of Ordinance 1074-2004 (AC022723) is being cancelled to permit these monies to be re-appropriated.
Fiscal Impact: The net impact of these changes is zero. One ordinance amount is increased and the other decreased by an equivalent amount. The revised amount authorized for expenditure within Ordinance 1074-2005 is transferred from the 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund to the Local Transportation Improvement Program Fund, appropriated there and authorized for expenditure.
Title
To amend Ordinances 1074-2004 and 0402-2205 to change the contract responsibility for certain private utility relocations from the private utilities named within Ordinance 1074-2004 to the contractor, Complete General Construction Company, Incorporated, for the Morse Road Phase 1 (OPWC) project, and to authorize the revised expenditure amount within Ordinance 1074-2004 as being made from the Local Transportation Improvement Program Fund instead of the 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund for the Transportation Division, and to declare an emergency. ($-0-)
Body
WHEREAS, Ordinance 1074-2004, passed by City Council on July 19, 2004 authorized reimbursing various utilities a total of $850,000.00 for utility location work connected with the Morse Road improvement project; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 0402-2005, passed by City Council on March 21, 2005 authorized a contract with Complete General Construction Company, Incorporated, for the construction of this project; and
WHEREAS, some of the utility relocation work authorized within the first ordinance will now be performed by the contractor instead of by private utilities; and
WHEREAS, it is therefore necessary to amend both of these ordinances to provide for and reflect this change; and
WHEREAS, it is also necessary to amend Ordinance 1074-2004 to reflect the expenditure within that Ordinance being made from the Local Transportation Improvement Program Fund instead of the 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund as all Morse Road project expenses should be reflected from the same Fund; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Public Service Department, Transportation Division, in that it is immediately necessary to amend Ordinances 1074-2004 and 0402-2005 to reflect these changes as soon as possible so as not to interrupt utility relocation efforts on this project in order to maintain the existing construction schedule, 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 Ordinance 1074-2004 be and hereby is amended in title and in body as follows:
(title)
To authorize the City Auditor to transfer $628,472.91 within the 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund; to authorize the City Auditor to transfer $628,472.91 from this Fund to the Local Transportation Improvement Program Fund; to authorize the appropriation of $628,472.91 within the Local Transportation Improvement Program Fund; to authorize the Public Service Director to reimburse American Electric Power Company, the city Electricity Division, SBC, Insight, Wide Open West and other utilities for utility relocation costs incurred in conjunction with the Morse Road Phase I, Indianola Avenue to Karl Road project for the Transportation Division; to authorize the expenditure of $850,000.00 $628,472.91 or so much thereof as may be necessary from the 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund Local Transportation Improvement Program Fund and to declare an emergency. ($850,000.00) ($628,472.91)
(body)
SECTION 1. That the Public Service Director be and hereby is authorized to pay utility relocation costs to American Electric Power Company (AEP), the City Electricity Division, SBC, Insight, Wide Open West and other utilities and to pay construction inspection and other related in-house costs in the amount of $850,000.00 $628,472.91 or so much thereof as may be necessary for the Morse Road Phase I, Indianola Avenue to Karl Road project for the Transportation Division.
SECTION 2. That the City Auditor be and hereby is authorized to transfer $628,472.91 within Fund 704, the 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund, Department No. 59-09, the Transportation Division, as follows:
TRANSFER FROM:
Project# / Project / Object Level 01/03 Codes / OCA Code
530052 / Morse Road Area Investment / 06/6600 / 644385
Total Transfer From: $628,472.91
TRANSFER TO:
Project# / Project / Object Level 01/03 Codes / OCA Code
530052 / Morse Road Area Investment / 10/5501 / 644385
Total Transfer To: $628,472.91
SECTION 3. That the City Auditor be and hereby is authorized to transfer $628,472.91 between Funds within Department No. 59-09, the Transportation Division, as follows:
TRANSFER FROM:
Fund / Project# / Project / Object Level 01/03 Codes / OCA Code
704 / 530052 / Morse Road Area Investment / 10/5501 / 644385
Total Transfer From: $628,472.91
TRANSFER TO:
Fund / Grant# / Grant / Object Level 01/03 Codes / OCA Code
763 / 595009 / Morse Road Area Investment / 80/0886 / 595009
Total Transfer To: $628,472.91
SECTION 4. That from the unappropriated monies in Fund 763, the Local Transportation Improvement Program Fund, 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, 2005, the sum of $628,472.91 be and hereby is appropriated to Department No. 59-09, Transportation Division, Object Level One 06, Object Level Three Code 6631, OCA Code 595009 and Grant 595009.
SECTION 5. That the monies appropriated in the foregoing Section 4 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 6. That Auditor's Certificate AC022723 established in conjunction with this ordinance be and hereby is cancelled.
SECTION 2 7. That this expenditure be and hereby is authorized from Fund 704 763, the 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Local Transportation Improvement Program Fund, Department No. 59-09, Transportation Division, Object Level One Code 06, Object Level Three Code 6631, OCA Code 644385 595009 and Project Grant 530052 595009 to pay the cost thereof.
SECTION 3 8. 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.
SECTION 2. That Ordinance 0402-2005 be and hereby is amended in title and in body as follows:
(title)
To appropriate $1,227,592.57 within the State Issue Two Street Projects Fund; to authorize the City Auditor to transfer $1,227,592.57 from the State Issue Two Street Projects Fund and $4,229,468.81 $4,450,995.90 from the 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund to the Local Transportation Improvement Program Fund; to appropriate $9,311,321.38 $9,532,848.47 within the Local Transportation Improvement Program Fund; to authorize the Public Service Director to enter into contract with Complete General Construction Company, Incorporated, for the Morse Road Phase 1 - (OPWC) project for the Transportation Division; to authorize the expenditure of $9,311,321.38 $9,532,848.47 or so much thereof as may be necessary from the Local Transportation Improvement Program Fund and to declare an emergency. ($9,311,321.38) ($9,532,848.47)
(body)
SECTION 3. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to transfer $4,229,468.81 $4,450,995.90 from Fund 704, the 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund, Transportation Division to Fund 763, the Local Transportation Improvement Program Fund, as follows:
TRANSFER FROM:
Fund / Dept. # / Project / OCA Code / Object Level 01/03 Codes / Amount
704 / 59-09 / 530052 / 644385 / 06/6600 / $4,229,468.81 $4,450,995.90
Total Transfer From: $4,229,468.81 $4,450,995.90
TRANSFER TO:
Fund / Dept. # / Grant / OCA Code / Object Level 01/03 Codes / Amount
763 / 59-09 / 595009 / 595009 / 80/0886 / $4,229,468.81 $4,450,995.90
Total Transfer To: $4,229,468.81 $4,450,995.90
SECTION 4. That from the unappropriated monies in Fund 763, the Local Transportation Improvement Program Fund, 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, 2005, the sum of $9,311,321.38 $9,532,848.47 and hereby is appropriated to the Public Service Department, Transportation Division, Department No. 59-09, as follows:
Grant / Grant name / OCA Code / Object Level 01/03 Codes / Amount
595009 / Morse Road Phase 1 - (OPWC) / 595009 / 06/6631 / $9,311,321.38 $9,532,848.47
Total: $9,311,321.38 $9,532,848.47
SECTION 6. That the Public Service Director be and hereby is authorized to enter into contract in the amount of $8,396,016.27 $8,617,543.36 with Complete General Construction Company, Incorporated, 1221 East Fifth Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43219 for the Morse Road Project Phase 1 - (OPWC) project for the Transportation Division.
SECTION 7. That the expenditure of $9,311,321.38 $9,532,848.47 or so much thereof as may be necessary be and hereby is authorized from Fund 763, the Local Transportation Improvement Program Fund, Department No. 59-09, Transportation Division, Object Level One Code 06, Object Level Three Code 6631, OCA Code 595009 and Grant 595009 for said contract cost and related construction inspection expenses.
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.