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File #: 1482-2007    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 9/11/2007 In control: Administration Committee
On agenda: 11/5/2007 Final action: 11/8/2007
Title: To amend the 2007 Capital Improvements Budget for the new fleet maintenance facility under construction at Groves Road, and to declare an emergency. ($400,000.00).
Explanation
 
Background:  
 
This ordinance amends the 2007 Capital Improvements Budget, Ordinance #0733-2007, by $400,000 to purchase furniture, fixtures, and equipment for the new fleet maintenance facility at Groves Road.  In addition, approximately $100,000 of the increase will be needed for contingency items.  The Department of Finance and Management is in the process of securing bids for the furniture, fixtures, and equipment and seeks to ensure proper funding to award the contract to the most responsive bidder.
 
Emergency action is requested so that proper accounting methods are maintained, and that appropriation authority is available when needed.  
 
Fiscal Impact:  The total amount of this Capital Improvements Budget amendment is $400,000.00.   Council passed ordinance 1408-2007 on July 31, 2006 to authorize the construction of the new fleet maintenance facility in the amount of $26.7 million.  Funds for furniture and fixtures was not included as part of the construction budget.  The Fleet Management Division is requesting $300,000 for furniture and fixtures (including office furniture and shelving for the parts room) as well as $100,000 for contingency funds to complete the facility.     
 
Title
 
To amend the 2007 Capital Improvements Budget for the new fleet maintenance facility under construction at Groves Road, and to declare an emergency.  ($400,000.00).
 
Body
 
WHEREAS, the Fleet Management Division is constructing a new fleet maintenance facility at Groves Road, and
 
WHEREAS, the new fleet maintenance facility is expected to be completed by February 2008, and
 
WHEREAS, funds are needed to purchase furniture and fixtures, and to provide for an increase in the contingency, and  
 
WHEREAS, this ordinance amends the Capital Improvements Budget, ordinance #0733-2007, and
 
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Finance and Management Department, Fleet Management Division, in that it is immediately necessary to amend the 2007 Capital Improvements Budget in order to enable that proper accounting methods are maintained, and that appropriation authority is available when needed, now, therefore:
 
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
 
SECTION 1.  That the 2007 Capital Improvements Budget is hereby amended as follows:
 
Division of Fleet Management 45-05
                       
Project/Project #                                                                   CIB  Amount     Revised CIB                           
 
Fleet Management Facility/550001                  $0                   $400,000
 
SECTION 2. That for 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 or vetoes the same.