Explanation
1. BACKGROUND:
This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Service to modify a professional engineering services contract with Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Services for the Roadway Improvements - Multimodal Transportation Plan design contract.
The intent of this modification is to provide additional funding to the original design contract.
Original contract amount $693,000.00 (Ordinance 1159-2014, EL016298)
Modification number 1 $533,604.75
Total amount of the contract,
including this modification $1,226,604.75
Searches in the System for Award Management (Federal) and the Findings for Recovery list (State) produced no findings against Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Services.
2. FISCAL IMPACT
Funding for this contract is available within the Streets and Highways G.O. Bonds Fund.
3. CONTRACT COMPLIANCE
Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Services’ contract compliance number is 582592493 and expires 9/18/15.
4. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION
Emergency action is requested to provide necessary engineering and design funding to prevent unnecessary delays in the Department of Public Service’s Capital Improvement Program.
Title
To authorize the Director of Public Service to modify a professional engineering service contract with Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Services for the Roadway Improvements - Multimodal Transportation Plan design contract; to authorize the expenditure of up to $533,604.75 from the Streets and Highways Bonds Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($533,604.75)
Body
WHEREAS, there is a need to modify a professional engineering services contract with Nelson/Hygaard Consulting Services for Roadway Improvements - Multimodal Transportation Plan design contract; and
WHEREAS, a modification was anticipated to add additional funds; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Service in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director to modify this contract so that funding can be made available for necessary engineering and design services to prevent unnecessary delays to capital improvement projects, 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 Director of Public Service be and is hereby authorized to modify a contract with Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Services for the Roadway Improvements - Multimodal Transportation Plan contract for the purposes of adding additional funds to the contract for additional engineering and design services.
SECTION 2. That for the purpose of paying the cost of this contract modification the sum of up to $533,604.75, or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized to be expended from the Streets and Highways G.O. Bonds Fund as follows:
Fund / Project Detail / Project Name / O.L. 01-03 Codes / OCA / Amount
704 / 530161-100149 / Roadway Improvements-Multimodal Transportation Plan / 06-6682 / 716149 / $533,604.75
SECTION 3. 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 4. 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 5. 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 6. 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 vetoes the same.