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File #: 0529-2010    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 3/22/2010 In control: Recreation & Parks Committee
On agenda: 4/12/2010 Final action: 4/14/2010
Title: To authorize the transfer of $100,000.00 and appropriation of funds within the Voted 1999/2004 Parks and Recreation Bond Fund, to authorize the expenditure of $100,000.00 for various Facility Improvements from the Voted 1999/2004 Parks and Recreation Bond Fund, to amend the 2009 Capital Improvements Budget to establish sufficient budget authority; and to declare an emergency. ($100,000.00)

Explanation

 

Background:

This ordinance will authorize the transfer of $100,000.00 within the Voted 1999/2004 Parks and Recreation Bond Fund No. 702, amend the 2009 capital improvement budget, and authorize various expenditures for labor, material and equipment in conjunction with Facility Improvements.

 

Improvements will include installation of new concrete, roof improvements, HVAC improvements, lighting, etc.

 

All work will be based on three estimates obtained from qualified contractors and will not exceed $20,000.00 per job.

 

Emergency legislation is required to allow these projects to proceed in a timely manner to complete existing parkland needs.

 

Fiscal Impact:

$100,000.00 is budgeted in the Voted 1999/2004 Parks and Recreation Bond Fund to meet the financial obligation of this project.

 

Title

 

To authorize the transfer of $100,000.00 and appropriation of funds within the Voted 1999/2004 Parks and Recreation Bond Fund, to authorize the expenditure of $100,000.00 for various Facility Improvements from the Voted 1999/2004 Parks and Recreation Bond Fund, to amend the 2009 Capital Improvements Budget to establish sufficient budget authority; and to declare an emergency.  ($100,000.00)

 

Body

 

                     WHEREAS, various Facility Improvements are necessary within the Recreation and Parks Department; and

 

                     WHEREAS, funding is available for these improvements from unallocated balances within the Voted 1999/2004 Parks and Recreation Bond Fund; and

 

       WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize an amendment to the 2009 Capital Improvements Budget for the purpose of providing sufficient spending authority for the aforementioned project expenditure: and

 

                     WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately necessary to transfer $100,000.00 within the Voted 1999/2004 Parks and Recreation Bond Fund, and to expend said funds so improvements can proceed as soon as possible to complete existing facility needs; now, therefore

 

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:

 

                     Section 1.   That the purchase of labor, materials and equipment is necessary for various Facility  Improvements within the Recreation and Parks Department.

 

                     Section 2.   That the City Auditor is hereby authorized to transfer $100,000.00 within the Voted 1999/2004 Parks and Recreation Bond Fund No. 702:

 

From

Greenways Improvements Proj. No. 510316-100000, OCA Code 644526, Object Level 3 No. 6621

 

To:

Facility Improvements, Proj. No. 510035-100004, OCA Code 644526, Obj. Level 3 No. 6620.

 

      

Section 3.  That the 2009 Capital Improvements Budget Ordinance No. 0806-2009 is hereby amended as follows in order to provide sufficient budget authority for this expenditure legislation:

 

CURRENT:  

Fund 702;  Project 510316-100000 /Greenways/ $1,099,963 (carryover)

Fund 702;  Project 510035-100004 /Facility Improvements -  / $0 (carryover)

 

AMENDED TO:

Fund 702;  Project 510316-100000 /Greenways/ $999,963 (carryover)

Fund 702;  Project 510035-100004 /Facility Improvements -  $100,000 (carryover)

 

 

                     Section 4.   That the expenditure of $100,000.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and is hereby authorized from the Voted 1999/2004 Parks and Recreation Bond Fund No. 702, Dept. 51-01, Facility Improvements, Project No. 510035-100004, Object Level 3 No. 6620, and OCA Code 644526, to pay the cost thereof.  All work will be based on three estimates and will not exceed $20,000.00 per contract or job.

 

                     Section 5.   That the City Auditor is hereby authorized to transfer the unencumbered balance in a 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; except that no transfer shall be so made from a project account funded by monies from more than one source.

 

                     Section 6.   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.