Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a contract to install a street lighting system on Cooper Road from Westerville Road to Interstate I-270. This legislation also authorizes an amendment to the 2006 Capital Improvements Budget.
The bid opening was advertised in the City Bulletin and four bids were received and opened by the Director of Public Utilities on December 6, 2006. Three bids were from majority business enterprises and one was from a certified emerging female business enterprise. The bids have been evaluated and an award is recommended to U.S. Utility Contractor Company, as the lowest responsive and responsible bid received, in the amount of $78,347.76. See attachments to this ordinance for further bid information.
In addition, approval is requested for the expenditure of $13,120.00 to pay the estimated construction inspection costs to the Transportation Division.
FISCAL IMPACT: It is necessary to transfer funds from the general Street Lighting Project to the Cooper Road Street Lighting Project, and to amend the 2006 Capital Improvements Budget accordingly.
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To amend the 2006 CIB, to authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a construction contract with U.S. Utility Contractor Company to install a street lighting system in the Cooper Road area; to authorize payment to the Transportation Division for inspection services provided to the Division of Power and Water for said project; and to authorize the expenditure of $91,467.76 from the Voted Street Lighting and Electricity Distribution Improvements Fund. ($91,467.76)
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WHEREAS, four bids were received and opened by the Director of Public Utilities on December 6, 2006 to install a street lighting system in the Cooper Road area; and
WHEREAS, U.S. Utility Contractor Company submitted the lowest responsive and responsible bid for the installation of said street lighting improvements; and
WHEREAS, it has become necessary in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Utilities, Division of Power and Water, to enter into a contract for street lighting improvements in the Cooper Road area and be completed by July 2007, for the preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the 2006 Capital Improvements Budget is hereby amended as follows in order to provide sufficient budget authority for the installation of street lighting improvements in the Cooper Road area:
DIVISION OF POWER AND WATER, DIVISION NO. 60-07
CURRENT:
670003: Street Lighting - $2,202,059
670785: Cooper Rd. Street Lighting - $94,376
AMENDED TO:
670003: Street Lighting - $2,200,981 (-$1,078)
670785: Cooper Rd. Street Lighting - $95,454 (+1,078)
SECTION 2. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to transfer $91,467.76 within the Voted 1995 and 1999 Street Lighting and Electricity Distribution Improvement Fund, Fund No. 553, Object Level Three 6625, Division of Power and Water, Division 60-07, as follows:
TRANSFER FROM: 670003 - Street Lighting
OCA Code - 675017
TRANSFER TO: 670785 - Cooper Rd. Street Lighting
OCA Code - 553785
SECTION 3. That the Director of Public Utilities is hereby authorized to enter into a contract with U.S. Utility Contractor Company, in the amount of $78,347.76, and to obtain and pay for the services of the Transportation Division for construction inspection services, in the amount of $13,120.00, as may be required for the installation of street lighting improvements in the Cooper Road area.
SECTION 4. That to pay the cost of the aforesaid contract and expenses, the expenditure of $91,467.76, or so much thereof as may be needed, be and is hereby authorized from Voted 1995 and 1999 Street Lighting and Electricity Distribution Improvements Fund, Fund No. 553, Division No. 60-07, Cooper Rd. Street Lighting Project 6706785, OCA 553785, Object Level Three 6625.
SECTION 5. That this Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.