Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the annual appropriation of monies within the Municipal Motor Vehicle License Tax Fund for the Divisions of Infrastructure Management and Traffic Management. The City of Columbus has levied this $5.00 permissive tax since 1987. The city uses the money for operating expenses consistent with the 2015 budget. The amount appropriated within this ordinance is $4,055,000.00. Proposed expenditures are estimates and are subject to change. Where appropriate, the department will submit expenditure ordinances to City Council for approval to procure commodities and services.
2. FISCAL IMPACT
This ordinance authorizes the appropriation for 2015 in the amount of $4,055,000.00 for the Municipal Motor Vehicle License Tax Fund. Annual revenue into this fund is consistently in the $3,000,000.00 to $3,500,000.00 range. The 2015 projected revenue along with anticipated 2014 carryover will provide the fund with adequate cash balances. Ordinance 0084-2014 passed by City Council January 27, 2014, authorized the 2014 appropriation of $3,763,000.00.
3. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION
The department requests emergency designation to make these funds available to the division as soon as practical to meet anticipated 2015 needs.
Title
To appropriate $4,055,000.00 from the unappropriated balance of the Municipal Motor Vehicle License Tax Fund for anticipated 2015 operating expenditures for the Department of Public Service, Division of Infrastructure Management and Traffic Management; and to declare an emergency. ($4,055,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize the appropriation of funds in the Municipal Motor Vehicle License Tax Fund for the Division of Infrastructure Management and Traffic Management; and
WHEREAS, this appropriation will allow for planned expenditures utilizing monies from said fund as early as possible in 2015; and
WHEREAS, this ordinance authorizes the appropriation of $4,055,000.00 within the Municipal Motor Vehicle License Tax Fund for 2015 expenditures; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Division of Infrastructure Management and Traffic Management, Department of Public Service, in that it is immediately necessary to appropriate said funds to permit these expenditures and allow materials, supplies and services to be procured without delay to meet anticipated 2014 needs, thereby preserving 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 sum of $4,055,000.00 be and hereby is appropriated from the unappropriated balance of the Municipal Motor Vehicle License Tax Fund, Fund 266, and from all monies estimated to come into said fund from any and all sources and unappropriated for any other purpose during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015, to the Divisions of Infrastructure Management and Traffic Management, Department-Division No. 59-11 and No. 59-13 as follows:
TITLE |
DIVISION |
OL1/OL3 |
OCA |
AMOUNT |
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|
|
|
|
Salt |
59-11 |
02/2192 |
591126 |
$2,000,000.00 |
Paint |
59-11 |
02/2195 |
591126 |
$17,000.00 |
Gravel |
59-11 |
02/2197 |
591126 |
$80,000.00 |
Concrete |
59-11 |
02/2198 |
591126 |
$33,000.00 |
Other Chemicals |
59-11 |
02/2204 |
591126 |
$300,000.00 |
Street/Sidewalk Materials |
59-11 |
02/2262 |
591126 |
$625,000.00 |
Traffic Signs/Signals |
59-13 |
02/2265 |
592126 |
$300,000.00 |
Electrical Supplies |
59-13 |
02/2273 |
592126 |
$25,000.00 |
Subtotal OL1:02 |
|
|
|
$3,380,000.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
Water and Sewer |
59-11 |
03/3312 |
591126 |
$108,000.00 |
Water and Sewer |
59-13 |
03/3312 |
592126 |
$12,000.00 |
Maintenance Services |
59-11 |
03/3375 |
591126 |
$555,000.00 |
Subtotal OL1:03 |
|
|
|
$675,000.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
|
|
$4,055,000.00 |
SECTION 2. That the monies appropriated in SECTION 1 shall be paid upon order of the Director of Public Service and that no order shall be drawn or money paid except by voucher, the form of which shall be approved by the City Auditor.
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.