Explanation
Background: This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a sole source Indefinite Quantity Agreement with Operator Training Committee of Ohio, Inc. for utility operations and maintenance training services. The contract amount being authorized by this ordinance is $97,000.00.
The Department of Public Utilities requires the operators at its treatment plants and distribution system to be licensed by the State of Ohio. The employees receive specialized utility operations and maintenance training through the Operator Training Committee of Ohio, Inc. (OTCO). OTCO is the State of Ohio's Environmental Training Center under the Clean Water Act. For this reason, the Department of Public Utilities requests to enter into a sole-source contract with the Operator Training Committee of Ohio, Inc. for specialized utility operations and maintenance training for department personnel, in the amount of $97,000.00. The contract will be for a period of one year, up to and including February 28th, 2027.
Principal Party:
Operator Training Committee of Ohio, Inc.
P.O. Box 284
Springfield, OH 45501
Keely Micetich, (614) 268-6826
Contract Compliance Number: 006175
Contract Compliance Expiration Date: PENDING UPDATE
Fiscal Impact: $97,000.00 is available from within the Public Utilities Operating Funds.
$93,342.00 was spent in 2025
$22,285.00 was spent in 2024
Title
To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a sole source Indefinite Quantity Agreement with Operator Training Committee of Ohio, Inc. for utility operations and maintenance training services; and to authorize the expenditure of $97,000.00 split between the Sanitary Sewer and Water Operating Funds. ($97,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize the Director of the Department of Public Utilities to enter into a sole source Indefinite Quantity Agreement with Operator Training Committee of Ohio, Inc. for utility operations and maintenance training services; and
WHEREAS, because the Operator Training Committee of Ohio, Inc. is the State of Ohio’s Environmental Training Center under the Clean Water Act, there are no alternates, and as such, the city can only purchase specialized utility operations and maintenance training services from them, this ordinance is being submitted in accordance with the sole source provisions of the City of Columbus Codes, Section 329; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize the expenditure of $97,000.00 split among the Sanitary Sewer and Water Operating Funds; and
WHEREAS, it has become necessary in the usual daily operations of the Department of Public Utilities in that it is necessary to authorize the Director to enter into a sole source Indefinite Quantity Agreement with Operator Training Committee of Ohio, Inc. for utility operations and maintenance training services; NOW, THEREFORE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of the Department of Public Utilities be and is hereby authorized to enter into a sole source Indefinite Quantity Agreement with the Operator Training Committee of Ohio, Inc. for utility operations and maintenance training services.
SECTION 2. 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 3. 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 4. That for the purpose stated in Section 1, the expenditure of $97,000.00 or so much thereof as may be needed, be and is hereby authorized in Object Class 03 Services split among the Sanitary Sewer and Water Operating Funds, per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 5. That this Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.