Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This ordinance will authorize various expenditures for labor, materials and equipment in conjunction with the Spring-Long Parkland Improvements Project.
Work will include various site work, boundary and topographic surveys, aerial work, soil work, etc. All work will be based on three estimates obtained from qualified contractors and will not exceed $20,000.00 per job.
Emergency legislation is required to allow these projects to proceed in a timely manner.
FISCAL IMPACT:
$25,000.00 is required and budgeted in the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund to meet the financial obligations of these various expenditures.
Title
To authorize the expenditure of $25,000.00 from the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund in conjunction with the Spring-Long Parkland Improvements Project, and to declare an emergency. ($25,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, various expenditures for labor, material and equipment are necessary within the Recreation and Parks Department for the Spring-Long Parkland Improvements Project; and
WHEREAS, grant funding is available for these expenditures; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately necessary to expend said funds for the preservation of public health, peace, property and safety; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the purchase of labor, materials and equipment is necessary in conjunction with the Spring-Long Parkland Improvements Project.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $25,000.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and is hereby authorized from the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund No. 286, as follows, to pay the cost thereof. All work will be based on three estimates and will not exceed $20,000.00 per contract or job.
Fund Dept. Grant Grant Ojbect OCA
Type No. No. Title Level 3 Code Amount
Grant 51-01 510206 Spring & Long Park Dev. 6680 510206 $25,000.00
SECTION 3. That the monies in the foregoing Section 2 shall be paid upon order of the Director of Recreation and Parks, and that no order shall be drawn or money paid except by voucher, the form of which shall be approved by the City Auditor.
SECTION 4. 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.