Explanation
1. BACKGROUND:
This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to modify City Auditor's Contract No. EL002013/002 with the Trucco Construction Company for the Rhoads Avenue Sanitary and Storm System Improvements Project which is required to adjust the final project contract pay items to those actually used in the field.
2. CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT MODIFICATION: The amount of this contract modification is $130,740.86. The contract total, including this modification is $981,431.57. Based upon actual construction and field conditions, new items were necessary for the successful completion of the subject project. This additional work was a direct, logical extension of the work included in the original contract and it was not deemed either feasible or reasonable to suspend work with the entity under contract and undertake continuation of the work under a new procurement. The prices contained within this contract modification were deemed reasonable by Division of Transportation inspection personnel, and have subsequently been agreed to by the contractor.
3. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION:
The Division of Sewerage and Drainage is requesting City Council to declare this legislation an emergency measure so that payment can be made to the contractor for additional work that was required in order to successfully complete the project.
4. FISCAL IMPACT:
This ordinance further requests the transfer of residual funds from within the 1991 Voted Sanitary Bond Fund for purposes of providing funding for this expenditure.
Title
To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to execute a construction contract modification with the Trucco Construction Company for the Rhoads Avenue Sanitary and Storm System Improvements Project; to authorize the transfer of $106,840.64, and the expenditure of $130,740.86 from within the 1991 Voted Sanitary Bond Fund; for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage, and to declare an emergency. ($130,740.86)
Body
WHEREAS, Contract No. EL002013/002, was authorized by Ordinance No. 2246-01, as passed December 21, 2001, executed December 21, 2001, and approved by the City Attorney on January 15, 2002, for purposes of authorizing the Director of Public Utilities to enter into contract with the Trucco Construction Company, Inc., for the construction of the Rhoads Avenue Sanitary and Storm System Improvements Project; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Division of Sewerage and Drainage, Department of Public Utilities, in that it is necessary to authorize the Director of Public Utilities to modify the subject contract, pursuant to the immediate payment of outstanding items that were necessary to successfully complete the construction of the Rhoads Avenue Sanitary and Storm System Improvements Project; to authorize the transfer of funds within the 1991 Voted Sanitary Bond Fund; 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 and directed to transfer $106,840.64 within the 1991 Voted Sanitary Bond Fund, in order to fund the Rhoads Avenue Sewer Improvements Project, as follows:
Division of Sewerage and Drainage, Division 60-05
Fund 664
From:
650623 Mohawk St. Comb. Sewer Rehab. $375.90
650638 McDowell/Sullivant Junc. Chamber $1464.74
650647 Hiawatha Park/Atwood Relief Sewer $105,000.00
To:
650626 Rhoads Avenue Sewer Improvements $106,840.64
Section 2. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized to transfer any unencumbered balance in the project account to the unallocated balance account within the same fund upon receipt of certification by the Director of the Department administering said project that the project has been completed and the monies are no longer required for said project.
Section 3. That the Director of Public Utilities be, and hereby is, authorized to modify Contract No. EL002013/002 with Trucco Construction, Inc., 3046 Home Road, Powell, Ohio 43065; for construction of the Rhoads Avenue Sanitary and Storm System Improvements Project in accordance with the terms and conditions shown on the contract on file in the Sewer System Engineering Section Offices of the Division of Sewerage and Drainage.
Section 4. That for the purpose of paying the cost of the said contract modification, the following expenditure, or as much thereof as may be needed, be and the same is hereby authorized from the Storm Sewer Bond Fund| Fund No. 664| Div.: 60-05| Project 650626| Rhoads Ave. Sewer Improvements Project| OCA Code 655118| Object Level Three 6630| Amount $130,740.86.
Section 5. 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.