Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a contract with Operator Training Committee of Ohio (OTCO) for utility operations and maintenance training. This ordinance is being submitted in accordance with City Code Section 329.07 (e); Sole Source.
The Department of Public Utilities requires the operators at that 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 (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 for specialized utility operations and maintenance training for department personnel, in the amount of $60,000.00. The contract will run through March 31, 2014.
VENDOR: Operator Training Committee of Ohio (OTCO); 31-6065198; Non-Profit Organziation.
The company is not debarred according to the Excluded Party Listing System of the Federal Government or prohibited from being awarded a contract according to the Auditor of State Unresolved Findings for Recovery Certified Search.
FISCAL IMPACT: $60,000.00 is budgeted and needed for this purchase. This ordinance is contingent on the passage of the 2013 operating budget, which is Ordinance 2631-2012.
Expenditures for OTCO training in the Department of Public Utilities in 2011 were $58,574.75.
Expenditures for OTCO training in the Department of Public Utilities in 2010 were $23,657.00.
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To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into contract with the Operator Training Committee of Ohio, for utility operations and maintenance training, in accordance with the sole source provisions of the Columbus City Code, for the Department of Public Utilities, and to authorize the expenditure of $3,660.00 from the Electricity Operating Fund, $26,100.00 from the Sewerage System Operating Fund , $6,960.00 from the Storm Sewer Operating Fund and $23,280.00 from the Water Systems Operating Fund. ($60,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the Department of Public Utilities requires the operators at the treatment plants and distribution system to be licensed by the State of Ohio, and
WHEREAS, emoployees receive specialized utility operations and maintenance training through the Operator Training Committee of Ohio (OTCO), which is the State of Ohio's Environmental Training Center under the Clean Water Act, and
WHEREAS, it has become necessary in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Utilities, to authorize the Director of Public Utilities to establish a sole-source contract for utility operations and maintenance training, from the Operator Training Committee of Ohio (OTCO), 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 Director of Public Utilities be and is hereby authorized to enter into a sole-source contract with the Operator Training Committee of Ohio (OTCO) for utility operations and maintenance training, in accordance with the sole source provisions of Section 329.07(e) of the Columbus City Code, for the Department of Public Utilities.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $60,000.00, or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized to be expended as follows:
Electricity Operating Fund 550
OCA Code 600023
Object Level Three 3331
Amout: $3,660.00
Sewerage System Operating Fund 650
OCA Code 600056
Object Level Three 3331
Amount: $26,100.00
Storm Sewer Operating Fund 675
OCA Code 600065
Object Level Three 3331
Amount: $6,960.00
Water Systems Operating Fund 600
OCA Code 600049
Object Level Three 3331
Amount: $23,280.00
SECTION 3. That this Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.