Explanation
Background:
This legislation requests transfer of funding between Object Level Ones within the existing appropriations of the Sewer Operating-Sanitary Fund from the Division of Sewerage and Drainage to the Department of Public Utilities and the Division of Operational Support.
Earlier this year appropriations were transferred from the Division of Sewerage and Drainage to the Department of Public Utilities and the Division of Operational Support. These transfers were due to the consolidation of the safety and fleet services within the Director's Office and the consolidation of customer, revenue and field services within the Division of Operational Support.
These transfers have left a surplus of funds within the Sewer Operating-Sanitary Fund for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage and a shortfall of funds for the Department of Public Utilities and the Division of Operational Support. Due to the fact that not enough money was transferred earlier in the year it is now necessary to transfer appropriations within the Sewer Operating-Sanitary Fund in order to cover the Department of Public Utilities and the Division of Operational Support personnel expenditures for the remainder of the year.
Fiscal Impact:
No increase in overall department funding is requested. Transfer of funds will occur within the existing appropriations of the divisions and the department. Funds will be transferred within the Sewer Operating-Sanitary Fund from Object Level One appropriations of the Division of Sewerage and Drainage to the Department of Public Utilities and the Division of Operational Support.
Title
To authorize the transfer of appropriations within the Sewer Operating-Sanitary Fund from the Division of Sewerage and Drainage to the Department of Public Utilities and the Division of Operational Support to provide funding necessary to cover the Department of Public Utilities and the Division of Operational Support personnel expenditures for the remainder of the year and to declare an emergency. ($100,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, a consolidation and transfer of safety and fleet services to the Director's Office of the Department of Public Utilities made it necessary to transfer appropriations within the Sewer Operating-Sanitary Fund from the Division of Sewerage and Drainage to the Department of Public Utilities; and
WHEREAS, a consolidation and transfer of customer, revenue and field services to the Division of Operational Support made it necessary to transfer appropriations within the Sewer Operating-Sanitary Fund from the Division of Sewerage and Drainage to the Division of Operational Support; and
WHEREAS, these transfers have left a surplus of funds within the Sewer Operating-Sanitary Fund for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage and a shortfall of funds for the Department of Public Utilities and the Division of Operational Support; and
WHEREAS, due to the fact that not enough money was transferred earlier in the year it is now necessary to transfer appropriations within the Sewer Operating-Sanitary Fund in order to cover Department of Public Utilities and Division of Operational Support personnel expenditures for the remainder of the year; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operations of the Department of Public Utilities and the Division of Operational Support, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the transfer of appropriations within the Sewer Operating-Sanitary Fund in order to cover the Department of Public Utilities and the Division of Operational Support personnel expenditures for the remainder of the year for the preservation of the public health, peace, property, and safety; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized to transfer appropriations within the Sewer Operating-Sanitary Fund from the Division of Sewerage and Drainage to the Department of Public Utilities and the Division of Operational Support as follows:
From:
Department 60-05
Fund: 650
OCA: 605006
Object Level: 1112
Amount: $100,000.00
Total: $100,000.00
To:
Department 60-01
Fund: 650
OCA: 600056
Object Level: 1000
Amount: $35,000.00
Department 60-02
Fund: 650
OCA: 600205
Object Level: 1000
Amount: $65,000.00
Total: $100,000.00
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.