Explanation
Background:
This ordinance will authorize the City Auditor to set up a certificate in the amount of $100,000.00 for various expenditures for labor, material and equipment in conjunction with Recreation and Parks existing park improvements. These are unanticipated expenditures that may include, but are not limited to, items such landscaping, concrete, asphalt, equipment improvements, etc. All work will be based on three estimates obtained from qualified contractors and will not exceed $20,000.00 per job.
Fiscal Impact:
$100,000.00 is required and budgeted in the Voted Recreation and Parks Bond Fund to meet the financial obligations of these various expenditures -
Title
To authorize the City Auditor to set up a certificate in the amount of $100,000.00 for various expenditures for labor, material and equipment in conjunction with park improvements; to authorize the expenditure of $100,000.00 from the Voted Recreation and Parks Bond Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($100,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, various unanticipated park improvements are necessary within the Recreation and Parks Department; and
WHEREAS, funding is available for these improvements from unallocated balances within the Voted Recreation and Parks Bond Fund; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately necessary to set up a certificate in the amount of $100,000 for various expenditures related to park improvements 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 expenditure of $100,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and is hereby authorized from the Voted Recreation and Parks Voted Bond Fund No. 702:
Fund No. 702; $100,000, Project No. 510017-100000 Park and Playground Misc, Object Level 3 #6621,
OCA Code 721700
SECTION 2. That the purchase of labor, materials and equipment is necessary for various unanticipated park improvements within the Recreation and Parks Department.
SECTION 3. That this Council hereby recognizes that this ordinance does not identify specific contractors or vendors for the expenditure purposes authorized herein and hereby delegates sole and final contracting decisions relative to the determination of lowest, best, most responsive and most responsible vendor(s) to the Director of Recreation and Parks and or the Director of Finance and Management.
SECTION 4. 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; except that no transfer shall be so made from a project account funded by monies from more than one source.
SECTION 5. 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 10 days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.