Background
1. BACKGROUND
The Division of Planning and Operations is responsible for routine and emergency maintenance and rehabilitation of the roadway system, snow and ice removal and control operations, and the installation and maintenance of roadway signage and lighting.
To meet these responsibilities, the Division employs an extensive and varied fleet of vehicles. In order to maximize utility of the fleet, it is necessary that a portion of these vehicles be equipped with radios and Geographic Positioning System (GPS)/Automatic Vehicle Locator(AVL) equipment. This enables greater coordination of fleet units by enhancing the ability of supervisors to dispatch vehicles to needed locations at a moment's notice. This is of particular importance during periods of emergency street repair and snow and ice removal operations.
Currently the Division utilizes an 800 MHz radio system operated by the Franklin County Radio System and coordinated by the Central Ohio Communication Advisory Committee. The 450 MHz radio system is the communications system used for the GPS/AVL system. In order to allow the Division of Planning and Operations n to utilize Franklin County's 450 MHz system it will be necessary to modify the existing radio system contract.
This legislation authorizes the expenditure of $74,200.00 to pay for the use of this system and to authorize the Director of the Department of Public Service to modify the existing contract.
FISCAL IMPACT
Funds for this expenditure are budgeted in the amount of $74,200.00 within the Division of Planning and Operations' 2009 appropriation.
Title
To authorize the Director of Public Service to expend $74,200.00 or so much thereof as may be needed from the Street Construction, Maintenance and Repair Fund for the Division of Planning and Operations' use of the Franklin County 800 MHz and 450 MHz radio systems; and to authorize the Director of Public Service to modify the existing Public Service Radio System contract. ($74,200.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the Division of Planning and Operations is responsible for routine and emergency maintenance and rehabilitation of the roadway system and for the installation and maintenance of roadway signage and lighting; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary that these vehicles be equipped with 800 MHz radios and GPS/AVL equipment; and
WHEREAS, the Planning and Operations Division has entered into an agreement with Franklin County to utilize their 800 MHz communications system; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to modify the existing agreement to include the 450 MHz communications system;
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That for the purpose of paying for the use of the Franklin County 800 MHz and 450 MHz radio systems for the Division of Planning and Operations, the Director of Public Service be and hereby is authorized to expend $74,200.00 or so much thereof as may be needed from the Street Construction, Maintenance and Repair Fund, Fund 265, Department No. 59-11, Division of Planning and Operations, Object Level One Code 03, Object Level Three Code 3321 and OCA Code 591117.
Section 2. That the Director of Public Service is hereby authorized to modify the existing Public Service Radio System contract so as to include the 450 MHz communications system.
Section 3. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.