Explanation
The purpose of this legislation is to request the transfer of $1,400,000.00 between Object Level Ones within the existing appropriations of the Water System Operating Fund from the Department of Public Utilities and the Division of Operational Support to the Division of Water and between Object Levels within the Division of Water.
Earlier in fiscal year 2005 appropriations were transferred from the Division of Water to the Department of Public Utilities and the Division of Operational Support. These transfers were due to the consolidation of the fiscal, human resources and public information functions within the Director's Office and the consolidation of the computer technology functions within the Division of Operational Support.
The consolidation of these functions has resulted in a surplus within the Water System Operating Fund for the Department of Public Utilities and the Division of Operational Support and a shortfall of funds for the Division of Water. Due to the rising costs of fuel, chemicals and utilities, it has become necessary to transfer appropriations within the Water System Operating Fund in order to cover Division of Water expenditures for the remainder of the 2005 Fiscal Year.
FISCAL IMPACT: Sufficient appropriations are available for this transfer. SEE ATTACHED SPREADSHEET.
No increase in overall department funding is requested. Transfer of funds will occur within the existing appropriations of the divisions and the department. Funds will be transferred within the Water System Operating Fund from Object Level One appropriations of the Department of Public Utilities and the Division of Operational Support to the Division of Water; and transferred within the Object Level One appropriations of the Division of Water (See attached spreadsheet for funding information)
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To authorize the City Auditor to transfer $1,400,000.00 within the Water System Operating Fund from the Department of Public Utilities and the Division of Operational Support to the Division of Water and within the Object Level One appropriations of the Division of Water to provide funding necessary to cover Division of Water expenditures for the remainder of the 2005 Fiscal Year and to declare an emergency ($1,400,000.00).
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WHEREAS, a consolidation of fiscal, human resources and public information functions within the Director of Public Utilities Office made it necessary to transfer appropriations within the Water System Operating Fund from the Division of Water to the Department of Public Utilities, and
WHEREAS, a consolidation of computer technology functions within the Division of Operational Support made it necessary to transfer appropriations within the Water System Operating Fund from the Division of Water to the Department of Public Utilities, and
WHEREAS, these transfers resulted in a surplus within the Water System Operating Fund for the Department of Public Utilities and the Division of Operational Support and a shortfall of funds for the Division of Water, and
WHEREAS, due to the rising costs of fuel, chemicals and utilities it has become necessary to transfer appropriations within the Water System Operating Fund in order to cover Division of Water expenditures for the remainder of the 2005 Fiscal Year, and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Division of Water, Department of Public Utilities, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the transfer of appropriations within the Water System Operating Fund in order to cover Division of Water expenditures for the remainder of the year for the preservation of the public health, peace, property and safety; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized to transfer $1,400,000.00 within the Water System Operating Fund of the Department of Public Utilities, Division of Operational Support and the Division of Water as follows
(See attached spreadsheet for funding information)
SECTION 2. 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.