Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
Several Department of Public Service Facilities sustained damage due to a wind storm that occurred in the fall of 2008. The City received a grant from The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the purpose of repairing these facilities due to this damage.
The Department of Public Service has received $52,307.00 for repairs from FEMA, and $44,911.52 from insurance due to the damage caused by this windstorm. These funds are being utilized for facility renovation and repair. An additional insurance payment in the amount of $41,025.00 has since been received and is available for use by the Department of Public Service.
These funds will be transferred from the General Permanent Improvement Fund to the Street Construction Maintenance and Repair Fund for utilization by the Division of Planning and Operations for Facility Renovation Projects. All contracts will be conducted in accordance with provisions of the City Code.
2. FISCAL IMPACT
This ordinance will appropriate $41,025.00 within the General Permanent Improvement Fund and authorize the transfer to the Street Construction Maintenance and Repair Fund and appropriation therein. The expenditure of these funds will also be authorized for the purpose of performing renovation and repair work to Department of Public Service Facilities.
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To authorize the appropriation and transfer of $41,025.00 received from the City's insurance company for facility damage incurred in the windstorm in the fall of 2008 from the General Permanent Improvement Fund to the Street Construction Maintenance and Repair Fund for the Division of Planning and Operations; to authorize the expenditure of these funds for facility renovation and repair; and to authorize the City Auditor to establish an Auditor's Certificate for this purpose. ($41,025.00)
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WHEREAS, several Department of Public Service facilities sustained damage due to a wind storm that occurred in the fall of 2008; and
WHEREAS, The Department of Public Service had previously received $52,307.00 for repairs from FEMA, and $44,911.52 from insurance due to the damage caused by this windstorm; and
WHEREAS, additional funds in the amount of $41,025.00 received from the insurance company have been received and these funds are available to be transferred from the General Permanent Improvement Fund to the Street Construction Maintenance and Repair Fund for use by the Department of Public Service, Division of Planning and Operations; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to transfer these funds for this purpose; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize the City Auditor to establish and Auditor's Certificate for Facility Renovation and Repair for the Division of Planning and Operations: and
WHEREAS, all contracts utilized will be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the City Code; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That the sum of $41,025.00 be and hereby is appropriated from the unappropriated balance of Fund 748, the General Permanent Improvement Fund, 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, 2010 as follows:
Dept-Div / Fund / Project / Project Name / O.L. 01-03 Codes / OCA / Amount
45-01 / 748 / 748999 / Facility Improvements / 10-5501 / 643114 / $41,025.00
Section 2. That the transfer of cash between the General Permanent Improvement Fund, No 748 and the Street Construction Maintenance Repair Fund, No 265, be authorized as follows:
Transfer From:
Dept-Div / Fund / Project Number / Project Name / O.L. 01-03 Codes / OCA / Amount
45-01 / 748 / 748999 / Unallocated Balance / 10-5501 / 643114 / $41,025.00
Transfer To:
Dept-Div / Fund / O.L. 01-03 Codes / OCA / Amount
59-11 / 265 / 80-0886 / 591117 / $41,025.00
Section 3. That the sum of $41,025.00 be and hereby is appropriated from the unappropriated balance of Fund 265, the Street Construction Maintenance Repair Fund, and from all monies estimated to come into said funds from any and all sources and unappropriated for any other purpose during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2010 as follows:
Dept-Div / Fund / O.L. 03 Code / OCA / Amount
59-11 / 265 / 3370 / 591117 / $41,025.00
Section 4. That the expenditure of $41,025.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary be authorized and approved as follows for facility renovation and repairs for the Department of Public Service, Division of Planning and Operations as follows:
Dept-Div / Fund / O.L. 03 Code / OCA / Amount
59-11 / 265 / 3370 / 591117 / $41,025.00
Section 5. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.