...Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to modify an agreement with the Board of Commissioners of Franklin County, Ohio ("County") and the Village of Lockbourne. The modification will extend the duration ofan existing contract to provide sewer service to the Village of Lockbourne Lockbourne's sewer service is not changed by the modification, and no provisions other than the duration of the contract will be modified.
FISCAL IMPACT: There is no impact on the sewer service budget.
...Title
To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a contract modification with the Board of County Commissioners of Franklin County, Ohio ("County") and the Village of Lockbourne to extend the duration of the contract to provide sewer service to the Village of Lockbourne; and to declare an emergency.
...Body
WHEREAS, in 1995, the City, the County and the Village of Lockbourne entered into a contract whereby the County would provide sewer service to the Village of Lockbourne (the “Sewer Contract”); and
WHEREAS, the Sewer Contract was modified on December 5, 1996; July 2, 1997; and January 1, 2012; and
WHEREAS, the January 1, 2012 modification provides that the Sewer Contract will remain in effect until midnight of January 1, 2022; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to modify the Sewer Contract to extend its duration; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in that a modification of the Sewer Contract must be executed before it expires; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of the Department of Public Utilities is hereby authorized to execute a contract modification with the Board of County Commissioners of Franklin County, Ohio and the Village of Lockbourne to extend the duration of the contract to provide sewer service to the Village of Lockbourne.
SECTION 2. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is 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.