Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a contract for power line clearance services required by the Division of Electricity for the installation and maintenance of the division's distribution and street lighting circuits. A request for bids was advertised in the City Bulletin on November 27, 2004 and December 4, 2004. One bid was received and opened by the Director of Public Utilities on December 15, 2004. The bid has been reviewed and meets specifications, therefore, an award is recommended to Asplundh Tree Expert Co. as the only bid received. The contract will be for a two-year period. This legislation authorizes the expenditure of $145,000.00 for the estimated cost for 2005. Legislation will be submitted in 2006 to provide funding for the second year of the contract. The Contract Compliance Number for Asplundh Tree Expert Co. is 231277550.
Emergency action is requested in order that the contract may be executed prior to the expiration of the existing contract so that services may continue without interruption.
FISCAL IMPACT: $195,000 was budgeted in the 2005 Division of Electricity operating fund for this expenditure. Approximately $195,000 was spent each year in 2003 and 2004 for this service.
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To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a contract with Asplundh Tree Expert Co. for power line clearance services for the Division of Electricity; to authorize the expenditure of $145,000.00 from the Division of Electricity Operating Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($145,000.00)
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WHEREAS, power line clearance services are required by the Division of Electricity for maintenance of distribution and street lighting circuits; and
WHEREAS, bids were solicited and formally opened by the Director of Public Utilities on December 15, 2004; and
WHEREAS an award to Asplundh Tree Expert Co. is recommended based upon the only bid received for said services; and
WHEREAS, emergency action is required in order that power line clearance services may continue without interruption; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Division of Electricity, Department of Public Utilities, in that it is immediately necessary to enter into contract for power line clearance services for the immediate preservation of 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 Utilities be and is hereby authorized to enter into a contract with Asplundh Tree Expert Co. for power line clearance services in the amount of $145,000.00, based upon the bid received and opened on December 15, 2004.
SECTION 2. That to pay the cost of the aforesaid contract, the expenditure of $145,000.00, or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized from Division of Electricity Operating fund 550, Division No. 60-07, Object Level Three 3375, and is to be disbursed among OCA Codes as follows:
OCA AMOUNT
606764 $120,000.00
606772 25,000.00
$145,000.00
SECTION 3. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is 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.