Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Service to grant consent and propose cooperation with the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) relative to the removal of snow and ice and the use of snow and ice control material on state highways inside the city corporate limits.
The legislation also authorizes the Director of Public Service to grant consent, and propose cooperation with, the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) relative to routine maintenance and/or repair to state highways inside the city corporation limits. The aforementioned effort encompasses snow and ice removal/prevention and routine maintenance and/or repair on interstates, U.S. route, state routes inside the city corporation, as agreed to by the parties.
2. FISCAL IMPACT
There is no anticipated cost to the City for this project, as ODOT or the City, shall assume and bear all associated costs for needed street maintenance and/or repair, and snow and ice removal/prevention performed by each agency.
Title
To authorize the Director of Public Service to grant consent and propose cooperation with the Director of the Ohio Department of Transportation for maintenance of interstates, U.S. routes, and state routes. ($0.00)
Body
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 723.01 of the Ohio Revised Code, the CITY is responsible for the care, supervision and control of the public highways within their municipal corporation; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 5501.41 of the Ohio Revised Code, the Director of the Ohio Department of Transportation (“ODOT”) may, upon consent of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, remove snow and ice and use snow and ice control material on State Highways within the corporate limits of the municipal corporation; and
WHEREAS, the Director of Transportation of the State of Ohio, under Section 5511.01 of the Revised Code of Ohio, may, upon the consent of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, perform maintenance and/or repair on the State Highways within the corporate limits of the municipal corporation; and
WHEREAS, portions of State Highways within the City of Columbus, in Franklin, Delaware, and Fairfield Counties upon which ODOT is willing to perform snow and ice removal and apply snow and ice control material for the City as long as an agreement is entered into; and
WHEREAS, portions of State Highways within the City of Columbus, in Franklin, Delaware, and Fairfield Counties upon which ODOT is willing to perform certain maintenance and/or repair for the City as long as an agreement is entered into; and
WHEREAS, this resolution is not intended to and shall not supersede any section of the Ohio Revised Code pertaining to the responsibilities of the City and ODOT regarding any other maintenance and/or repair or responsibilities pertaining to the roads under their respective jurisdictions; and
WHEREAS, the work proposed to be authorized under this ordinance shall be restricted to, if an Agreement is entered into, the removal of snow and ice and the use of snow and ice control material on State Highways within the corporate limits of the City, but shall not include the removal of snow and ice and the use of snow and ice control material on driveways, parking areas, and intersecting roads and streets, and, may include if an Agreement is entered into, the maintenance and/or repair of the State Highways within the corporate limits of the City; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That it is hereby declared to be in the public interest that the consent of said City be, and such consent is hereby given to ODOT, if an agreement is entered into, for ODOT to remove snow and ice and use snow and ice control material on any State Highway listed in the agreement in accordance with the standard practices of ODOT.
SECTION 2. That it is hereby declared to be in the public interest that the consent of said City be, and such consent is hereby given to ODOT, if an agreement is entered into, for ODOT to perform certain maintenance and/or repair on any State Highway listed in the agreement in accordance with the standard practices of ODOT.
SECTION 3. COOPERATION STATEMENT
That the Director of the Department of Public Service is authorized to enter into any agreement with ODOT for the removal of snow and ice and the use of snow and ice control material and for the performance of certain maintenance and/or repair of the State Highways as determined by the City and ODOT.
SECTION 4. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.