Explanation
Background: This legislation authorizes the Finance and Management Director to enter into contract with Fox Mechanical Company for the Office of Construction Management to renovate a gas line beneath Ludlow Alley. Steam heat is provided to 109 North Front Street from boilers located in the basement of 120 West Gay Street. The steam is sent to 109 North Front Street through a pipe located underneath Ludlow Alley. The steam pipe ruptured, necessitating a tear up of Ludlow Alley and a renovation of the steam line. A Mayor's Emergency was declared for this purpose.
It was impossible to bid this project, as the extent of the necessary work was not known until the road was removed and the pipe was exposed. Fox Mechanical Company was selected due to its expertise in this area and its successful completion of previous projects for the City.
Emergency action is requested in order to reimburse Fox Mechanical Company for costs incurred for the renovation of the steam piping beneath Ludlow Alley.
Fiscal Impact: The Office of Construction Management budgeted $1,000,000.00 for various projects in the Capital Improvement Budget. Prior to passage of this ordinance, $461,441.00 has been encumbered for other projects, leaving $538,559.00. The cost of this contract is $80,000.00. Fox Mechanical Company Contract Compliance Number 31-1270804, expiration date 03/11/2007.
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To authorize the Finance and Management Director to enter into contract for the Office of Construction Management with Fox Mechanical Company for the renovation of the steam pipe underneath Ludlow Alley; to authorize the expenditure of $80,000.00 from the Construction Management Capital Improvement Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($80,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the steam pipe beneath Ludlow Alley that provides heat to 109 North Front Street ruptured and was leaking steam beneath the roadway, and
WHEREAS, it was necessary to renovate this steam pipe in order to provide heat to the building and to ensure the roadway did not collapse, and
WHEREAS, a Mayor's Emergency was declared to allow the Finance and Management Director to enter into contract with Fox Mechanical Company for the aforesaid steam pipe renovation, and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Finance and Management Department, Office of Construction Management, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Finance and Management Director to enter into contract with Fox Mechanical Company for renovation of the steam piping beneath Ludlow Alley, thereby preserving the public health, peace, 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 authorized to enter into contract for the Office of Construction Management with Fox Mechanical Company for the renovation of the steam pipe beneath Ludlow Alley.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $80,000.00, or so much thereof that may be necessary in regard to the action authorized in SECTION 1, be and is hereby authorized and approved as follows:
Division: 45-07
Fund: 733
OCA Code: 733000
Object Level 1: 06
Object Level 3: 6620
Amount: $80,000.00
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 or vetoes the same.