Explanation
1. BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to reimburse the Department of Public Service for additional design work associated with the roadway project on Alum Creek Drive. The roadway project was to improve Alum Creek Drive from Williams Road to Refugee Road. As a result, the roadway was lowered, requiring the existing 16-inch water main to be replaced. The Water Distribution Engineering Section required this proposed main to be a 30-inch main due to future needs of the water distribution system. This increase in diameter required additional design work by the consultant, Stantec Consulting Services, Inc. The Department of Public Utilities has agreed to reimburse $6,111.00 to the Department of Public Service for this increased design fee.
2. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION
Emergency action is requested in order to reimburse the Department of Public Service for work that has been completed.
3. FISCAL IMPACT: A transfer of funds within the Water Build America Bonds Fund will be necessary, as well as an amendment to the 2011 Capital Improvements Budget.
Title
To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to reimburse the Department of Public Service, in the amount of $6,111.00, for additional design work associated with the roadway and water line project on Alum Creek Drive; to authorize a transfer and expenditure of $6,111.00 within the Water Build America Bonds Fund; to amend the 2011 Capital Improvements Budget; and to declare an emergency. ($6,111.00)
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WHEREAS, the Department of Public Service designed a capital improvement project to improve Alum Creek Drive from Williams Road to Refugee Road; and
WHEREAS, the roadway improvement required the existing 16-inch water main to be replaced with a 30-inch main, causing additional design work; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Public Utilities has agreed to reimburse $6,111.00 to the Department of Public Service for this increased design fee; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary for this Council to authorize the City Auditor to transfer and expend funds within the Water Build America Bonds Fund; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize an amendment to the 2011 Capital Improvements Budget for purposes of providing sufficient funding and expenditure authority for the aforementioned project expenditure; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Division of Power and Water, Department of Public Utilities, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director of Public Utilities to reimburse the Department of Public Service for additional design work associated with the roadway and water line project on Alum Creek Drive, in an emergency manner in order to reimburse for services already rendered, for the immediate preservation of the 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 hereby is authorized to reimburse the Department of Public Service for additional design work associated with the roadway and water line project on Alum Creek Drive.
SECTION 2. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to appropriate the following funds:
Division: Power and Water
Fund Name: Water Build America Bonds Fund
Fund No.: 609
Dept./Div. No.: 60-09
OL3: 6677
Project No. Project Name OCA Amount
609999-100000 (carryover) Unallocated Balance 609999 $6,111.00
SECTION 3. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized to transfer $6,111.00 within the Department of Public Utilities, Division of Power and Water, Water Build America Bonds Fund, Fund No. 609, Dept/Div. No. 60-09, Object Level Three 6677, as follows:
Fund No. | Project No. | Project Name | OCA Code | Change
609 | 609999-100000 (carryover) | Unallocated Balance | 609999 | -$6,111.00
609 | 690236-100036 (carryover) | Alum Creek Dr. Imp's | 692336 | +$6,111.00
SECTION 4. That the 2011 Capital Improvements Budget is hereby amended as follows:
Fund No. | Proj. No. | Proj. Name | Current Authority | Revised Authority | Change
609 | 609999-100000 (carryover) | Unallocated Balance | $0 | $6,111 | +$6,111
(added authority to match cash)
609 | 609999-100000 (carryover) | Unallocated Balance | $6,111 | $6,111.| -$6,111
609 | 690236-100036 (carryover) | Alum Creek Dr. Imp's | $0 | $6,111 | +$6,111
SECTION 5. That the reimbursement of $6,111.00 is hereby authorized for additional design work associated with the roadway and water line project on Alum Creek Drive, within the Water Build America Bonds Fund, Fund No. 609, Division 60-09, Project No. 690236-100036 (carryover), Object Level Three 6677, OCA Code 692336.
SECTION 6. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to transfer any unencumbered balance in the project account to the unallocated balance 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 no longer required for said project; except that no transfer shall be made from a project account by monies from more than one source.
SECTION 7. That the City Auditor is authorized to establish proper project accounting numbers as appropriate.
SECTION 8. 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 9. That for 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.