Explanation
Background: This ordinance authorizes the City Auditor to set up a certificate in the amount of $1,745,000.00 for the purchase of equipment for the Recreation and Parks Department. These purchases will be made through the City of Columbus Purchasing Office. All bids will be obtained and contracts awarded in compliance with the relevant provisions of the Columbus City Code, Chapter 329. This ordinance will set up all of the funding required to enter into contracts with the vendors on an as-needed basis. Competitive bids will be solicited and opened by the Purchasing Office, obtained through any current universal term contract, or state term contract as authorized by ordinance number 582-87. The new equipment will replace aging equipment used by the Building Maintenance, Forestry, Golf, Parks, and Sports Sections of the Recreation and Parks Department.
The list below outlines the equipment expected to be purchased as soon as possible as a result of this ordinance:
Building Maintenance:
Skid Steer Loader (1 each) - Estimated Expenditure $125,000.00
Bulb Crusher (1 each) - Estimated Expenditure $7,000.00
Wood Flattener (1 each) - Estimated Expenditure $25,000.00
Building Maintenance Estimated Total: $157,000.00
Forestry:
Wheel Loader (1 each) - Estimated expenditure $91,000.00
Loader Tilt Trailer (1 each) - Estimated expenditure $10,000.00
Trash Grapple (2 each) - Estimated expenditure $27,000.00
Tandem Axle Trailer (1each) - Estimated expenditure $19,000.00
Tilt Deck Trailer (1 each) - Estimated expenditure $11,000.00
Skid Steer (1 each) - Estimated expenditure $50,000.00
Forestry Estimated Total: $208,000.00
Parks:
Tractor with side-arm boom mower (1 each) - Estimated expenditure $180,000.00
Tractor (1 each) - Estimated expenditure $80,000.00
Rotary deck mower (1 each) - Estimated expenditure $105,000.00
144” Zero-Turn mower (3 each) - Estimated expenditure $210,000.00
61” Zero-Turn mowers (8 each) - Estimated expenditure $120,000.00
48” Walk Behind mower (2 each) - Estimated expenditure $17,000.00
Utility Cart (3 each) - Estimated Expenditure $60,000.00
Landscape Trailer (3 each) - Estimated Expenditure $21,000.00
Skid Steer Loader (1 each) - Estimated Expenditure $65,000.00
Equipment Trailer (1 each) -Estimated Expenditure $10,000.00
Parks Estimated Total: $868,000.00
Sports:
Utility Task Vehicle with Trash Hopper (1 each) -Estimated Expenditure $33,000.00
Utility Task Vehicles (3 each) -Estimated Expenditure $50,000.00
Smithco Sprayer (1 each) -Estimated Expenditure $90,000.00
Smithco Aerator (1 each) -Estimated Expenditure $14,000.00
Dump Trailer (1 each) -Estimated Expenditure $11,000.00
Sports Estimated Total: $198,000.00
Golf:
Reel Mower (4each) - Estimated expenditure $192,000.00
Tractor (1 each) - Estimated expenditure $17,000.00
Aerator (1 each) - Estimated expenditure $22,000.00
Reel Grinder (1 each) - Estimated expenditure $60,000.00
Greens Roller - Estimated Expenditure $23,000.00
Golf Estimated Total: $314,000.00
Benefits to the Public: Facilities, parkland, sports fields, golf courses, and trees maintained by the city enhance the quality of life of our citizens. This equipment will allow for the continued maintenance and upkeep of these amenities.
Community Input Issues: The community has expressed a desire for accessible and well-maintained facilities, parkland, sports fields, golf courses, and trees.
Area(s) Affected: Citywide (99)
Master Plan Relation: This certificate and resulting purchases support the Recreation and Parks Department’s Master Plan by helping to ensure that facilities, parkland, sports fields, golf courses, and trees remain accessible, safe, updated, user friendly, and well maintained.
Fiscal Impact: $1,745,000.00 is budgeted and available from within the Voted Recreation and Parks Bond Fund 7702 and Permanent Improvement Fund 7747 to meet the financial obligations of these various expenditures.
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To authorize and direct the City Auditor to set up a certificate in the amount of $1,745,000.00 for the purchase of equipment for the Recreation and Parks Department; to authorize and direct the Director of Finance and Management enter into various contracts for the purchase of equipment on behalf of the Recreation and Parks Department; to authorize the appropriation of $166,327.31 within the Recreation and Parks Permanent Improvement Fund; to authorize the transfer of $1,546,679.30 within the Recreation and Parks Voted Bond Fund and Permanent Improvement Fund; to authorize the amendment of the 2024 Capital Improvements Budget; and to authorize the expenditure of $1,745,000.00 from the Recreation and Parks Voted Bond Fund and Permanent Improvement Fund. ($1,745,000.00)
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WHEREAS, it is necessary that the City Auditor set up a certificate in the amount of $1,745,000.00 for the purchase of equipment for the Recreation and Parks Department; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary that the Director of Finance and Management enter into various contracts for the purchase of equipment on behalf of the Recreation and Parks Department; and
WHEREAS, funding is budgeted and available from within the Voted Recreation and Parks Bond Fund 7702 and Permanent Improvement Fund 7747 to meet the financial obligations of these various expenditures; and
WHEREAS, the Purchasing Office will solicit competitive bids to acquire various equipment for the Recreation and Parks Department in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Columbus City Code, Chapter 329 or use State Term Contracts authorized per Ordinance No. 582-87; and
WHEREAS, brass tags for equipment to be replaced will be submitted to the Division of Fleet Management, and all specifications for equipment to be purchased and brass tagged will be approved by the Division of Fleet Management prior to acquisition;
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize the appropriation of $166,327.31 within the Recreation and Parks Permanent Improvement Fund 7747; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize the transfer of $1,546,679.30 within the Recreation and Parks Voted Bond Fund 7702 and Permanent Improvement Fund 7747; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize the amendment of the 2024 Capital Improvements Budget Ordinance 1907-2024 in order to provide sufficient budget authority for this and future projects; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize the expenditure of $1,745,000.00 from the Recreation and Parks Voted Bond Fund 7702 and Permanent Improvement Fund 7747; and
WHEREAS, it has become necessary in the usual daily operations of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is necessary to authorize the purchase of this equipment, all for the preservation of public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare; NOW, THEREFORE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized to set up a certificate in the amount of $1,745,000.00 for the purchase of equipment and vehicles for the Recreation and Parks Department.
SECTION 2. That the Director of Finance and Management is hereby authorized to enter into contracts for the purchase of equipment, on behalf of the Recreation and Parks Department, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Columbus City Code Chapter 329 or using State Term Contracts authorized per ordinance number 582-87.
SECTION 3. That the brass tags for equipment to be replaced will be submitted to the Division of Fleet Management, and all specifications for equipment to be purchased and brass tagged will be approved by the Division of Fleet Management prior to acquisition.
SECTION 4. That the funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are hereby deemed appropriated, and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 5. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all contracts or contract modifications associated with this ordinance.
SECTION 6. 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.
SECTION 7. That the appropriation of $166,327.31 is authorized within the Recreation and Parks Permanent Improvement Fund 7747 per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 8. That the transfer of $1,546,679.30 or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized between projects within the Voted Recreation and Parks Bond Fund 7702 and Permanent Improvement Fund 7747 per the account codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 9. That the 2024 Capital Improvements Budget Ordinance 1907-2024 is hereby amended as follows in order to provide sufficient budget authority for this ordinance and future projects.
Fund / Project / Project Name / Current Revised Authority / Current Remaining Authority / Change / Amended Revised Authority / Amended Remaining Authority
Fund 7702 / P514006-100000 / Sports Equipment (Voted Carryover) / $0 / $0 / $60,406 / $60,406 / $60,406 (to match cash)
Fund 7702 / P511069-100000 / Shelter Improvements 2023-2024 (Voted Carryover) / $1,018,091 / $1,018,091 / ($1,018,091) / $0 / $0
Fund 7702 / P514021-100000 / Mentel Golf Course Stormwater, Drainage, and Pond Improvements (Voted Carryover) / $350,000 / $350,000 / ($217,758) / $132,242 / $132,242
Fund 7702 / P514024-100000 / Berliner Sports Park Improvements 2023-2024 (Voted Carryover) / $302,119 / $302,119 / ($144,503) / $157,616 / $157,616
Fund 7747 / P747999-100000; Unallocated Balance Fund 7747 (Rec & Parks Perm Improv Carryover) / $866,701 / $866,701 / ($166,327) / $700,374 / $700,374
Fund 7702 / P511011-100000 / Maintenance Equipment - Parks (Voted Carryover) / $0 / $0 / $868,000 / $868,000 / $868,000
Fund 7702 / P511054-100000 / Building Maintenance Equipment (Voted Carryover) / $0 / $0 / $157,000 / $157,000 / $157,000
Fund 7702 / P514005-100000 / Golf - Equipment (Voted Carryover) / $96,243 / $96,243 / $217,758 / $314,001 / $314,001
Fund 7702 / P514006-100000 / Sports Equipment (Voted Carryover) / $60,406 / $60,406 / $137,594 / $198,000 / $198,000
Fund 7747 / P510040-100000 / Recreation and Parks Equipment (Rec & Parks Perm Improv Carryover) / $94,173 / $41,673 / $166,327 / $260,500 / $208,000
SECTION 10. That the expenditure of $1,745,000.00 or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the cost thereof, be and is hereby authorized from the Voted Recreation and Parks Bond Fund 7702 and Permanent Improvement Fund 7747 in object class 06 Capital Outlay per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 11. That this Council hereby recognizes that this ordinance does not identify specific contractors or vendors for the expenditure purposes authorized herein and hereby delegates sole and final contracting decisions relative to the determination of lowest, best, most responsive and most responsible vendor(s) to the Director of Recreation and Parks. All contracts will be entered into in compliance with the relevant procurement provisions of the Columbus City Codes Chapter 329.
SECTION 12. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.