Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Finance and Management Director to associate all General Budget Reservations resulting from this ordinance with the following Universal Term Contract Purchase Agreements listed below for the Division of Water, Distribution Maintenance Section.
The supplies purchased from the contracts will be used to replenish materials used for daily operating and for water line projects.
Current UTC Purchase Agreements:
Supplies, Parts and Equipment (Line #10)
Miscellaneous Industrial Hardware
Mainline Mechanical Joint Fittings
Mainline Couplings, Clamps and Various Parts
Sewer and Water Pipe
Sewer Pipe Fittings
Various Batteries
Small Electric Motors
Line Locating Equipment
Power Transmission Parts
Dezurik Valves
EIM Actuator Parts
Flexible Repair Couplings
Mainline Pipe, Valves & Boxes
Maxon Valves
Pavement Materials and Aggregates (Bulk) (Line #10)
Asphalt Emulsions
Portland Cement, Ready Mix Concrete, Sand
Various Forms Asphalt Concrete
Crushed Limestone & Gravel Aggregate
Crack Sealing Product
The companies are not debarred according to the Excluded Party Listing System of the Federal Government or prohibited from being awarded a contract according to the Auditor of State Unresolved Findings for Recovery Certified Search.
FISCAL IMPACT: $100,000.00 is budgeted and needed for this purchase.
$968,223.10 was spent in 2020
$1,207,361.64 was spent in 2019
EMERGENCY DESIGNATION: This ordinance is being submitted as an emergency in order to ensure that 2021 funds are encumbered before the year-end deadline.
Title
To authorize the Finance and Management Director to associate all General Budget Reservations resulting from this ordinance with the appropriate Universal Term Contract Purchase Agreements for the purchase of materials & supplies for the Division of Water, Distribution Maintenance Section; to authorize the expenditure of $100,000.00 from the Water Operating Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($100,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the Purchasing Office has established Universal Term Contract Purchase Agreements for the purchase of materials & supplies; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize the expenditure of $100,000.00, or so much thereof as may be needed, for materials & supplies that are used for various daily operations and water line projects throughout the City of Columbus; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Utilities, Division of Water in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Finance and Management Director to associate all General Budget Reservations resulting from this ordinance with the appropriate Universal Term Contract Purchase Agreements for the purchase of materials & supplies, without delay to assure the funds are encumbered before the year-end deadline, for the immediate 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 Finance and Management Director be and is hereby authorized to associate all General Budget Reservations resulting from this ordinance with the appropriate Universal Term Contract Purchase Agreements for the purchase of materials & supplies.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $100,000.00 or so much thereof as may be needed, be and is hereby authorized in Fund 6000 (Water Operating), object class 02 Materials and Supplies per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That the funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are hereby deemed appropriated, and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 4. 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.