Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Finance and Management Director to enter into a contract on behalf of the Office of Construction Management with Eagle Electrical Services for electrical renovations of the air supply units at Fire Station No. 7, 1425 Indianola Avenue, and installation of the electrical equipment at Fire Station No. 19, 3601 North High Street. The current air supply units are located at 270 Greenlawn. However, the building is being vacated, which at one time housed fleet maintenance services, air breathing apparatus operations, and some Fire maintenance liaison staff.
The work shall include, but is not limited to, relocating air compressors from 270 Greenlawn Avenue to Fire Station No. 7, 1424 Indianola Avenue and installation of the shoreline for the Incident Command vehicle at Fire Station No. 19, 3601 North High Street.
Formal bids were solicited and three companies submitted bids on April 15, 2010 as follows (0 MBE, 0 FBE):
Eagle Electrical Services $14,790.00
Jess Howard Electric $15,961.00
Brett Charest (dba United Systems) $21,350.00
The Office of Construction Management recommends the bid award be made to the most responsive, responsible, and best bidder, Eagle Electrical Services.
Eagle Electrical Services Contract Compliance No. 83-0389519; expiration date April 13, 2012.
Emergency action is requested so that needed renovations can be completed as soon as possible to meet the operational needs of the Division of Fire, thereby providing necessary services to City residents. Also, efforts to close and demolish obsolete and inefficient buildings on the Greenlawn complex are underway - though actual demolition is not currently budgeted.
Fiscal Impact: This ordinance authorizes an expenditure of $14,790.00 from the existing cash in the Safety Voted Bond Fund.
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To authorize the Finance and Management Director to enter into a contract on behalf of the Office of Construction Management with Eagle Electrical Services for electrical renovations of the air supply units at Fire Station No. 7 and installation of electrical equipment at Fire Station No. 19; to authorize the expenditure of $14,790.00 from the Safety Voted Bond Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($14,790.00)
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WHEREAS, it is necessary for electrical renovations of the air supply units at Fire Station No. 7, 1425 Indianola Avenue, and installation of electrical equipment at Fire Station No. 19, 3601 North High Street; and
WHEREAS, formal bids were solicited and three vendors submitted responses; and
WHEREAS, the Office of Construction Management recommends Eagle Electrical Services as the most responsive and responsible bidder; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Finance and Mangement Department, Office of Construction Management, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Finance and Management Director to enter into a contract for electrical renovations of the air supply units at Fire Station No. 7 and installation of electrical equipment at Fire Station No. 19, so that needed renovations can be completed as soon as possible to meet the operational needs of the Division of Fire, thereby providing necessary services to City residents, thereby preserving the public health, property, safety, and welfare; now, therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Finance and Management Director is hereby authorized to enter into a contract with Eagle Electrical Services for electrical renovations of the air supply units at Fire Station No. 7, 1425 Indianola Avenue and installation of electrical equipment at Fire Station No. 19, 3601 North High Street.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $14,790.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary in regard to the action authorized in SECTION 1, be and is hereby authorized and approved as follows:.
Division: 30-04
Fund: 701
Project: 340103-100000
OCA: 644559
Object Level 1: 06
Object Level 3: 6620
Amount: $14,790.00
SECTION 3. 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 nor vetoes the same.