Explanation
This legislation transfers a total of $2,100,000.00 from Object Level 1 06 to Object Level 1 02 and Object Level 3 within the Sewerage System Operating Fund 650 and $200,000.00 from Object Level 06 to Object Level 03 within the Stormwater Operating Fund 675. The need to transfer funding within the operating budget was identified in the third quarterly budget review. The transfer is requested to cover anticipated expenses for chemicals, rental of construction equipment, Delaware County reimbursement for provision of sewer services and asphalt and heat welding services for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2006.
This legislation is requested to be an emergency so that funding will be made available as soon as possible so as not to have any break in procurement of needed supply and to pay for any services rendered with the Fiscal Year 2006 for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage.
FISCAL IMPACT: Sufficient appropriation is available in Object Level 06 for this requested transfer to Object Level 1 02 and Object Level 03.
Title
To authorize the City Auditor to transfer of $2,100,000.00 within the Sewerage System Operating Fund and $200,000.00 within the Stormwater Operating Fund to align budget authority with projected expenditures and to declare an emergency. ($2,300,000.00)
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WHEREAS, anticipated expenditures for chemicals, rental of construction equipment, Delaware County sewer service reimbursement and asphalt and heat welding services for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage within Character 02 and Character 03 necessitates the transfer of funds within the Sewerage System Operating Fund and the Stormwater Operating Fund ; and,
WHEREAS, available appropriation in Object Level 06 can be transferred to Object Level 02 and Object Level 03; and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operations of the Division of Sewerage and Drainage, Department of Public Utilities, in that it is immediately necessary to transfer appropriation within the Sewerage System Operating Fund and the Stormwater Operating Fund for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section l. That the City Auditor be and is hereby authorized and directed to transfer $2,100,000.00 within the Sewerage System Operating Fund 650, Dept/Div. No. 60-05 as follows:
FROM
Object Level 06
OCA: 604793
Object Level 3: 6624
Amount: $1,050,000.00
Object Level 06
OCA: 604819
Object Level 3: 6624
Amount: $1,050,000.00
Total From 06: $2,100,000.00
TO:
Southerly Wastewater Treatment Plant
Object Level 02
OCA: 605055
Object Level 3: 2207
Amount: $200,000.00
Division of Sewerage and Drainage, Administration
Object Level 02
OCA: 605006
Object Level 2290
Amount: $300,000.00
Total Character 02 = $500,000.00
Sewer Maintenance Operation Center
Object Level 03
OCA: 605089
Object Level 3: 3299
Amount: $500,000.00
Sewer Maintenance Operation Center
Object Level 03
OCA: 605089
Object Level 3: 3375
Amount: $300,000.00
Division of Sewerage and Drainage, Administration
Object Level 03
OCA: 605006
Object Level 3407
Amount: $800,000.00
Total Character 03 = $1,600,000.00
Section 2. That the City Auditor be and is hereby authorized and directed to transfer $200,000.00 within the Stormwater Operating Fund 675, Dept/Div. No. 60-15 as follows:
FROM
Object Level 06
OCA: 675002
Object Level 3: 6624
Amount: $200,000.00
TO:
Stormwater and Regulatory Management Section
Object Level 03
OCA: 675002
Object Level 3: 3299
Amount: $200,000.00
Total Character 03: $200,000.00
TOTAL AMOUNT REQUESTED FOR THIS LEGISLATION: $2,300.000.00
Section 3. 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 disapproves the same.