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To authorize the Director of Public Safety to expend $27,377.97 for miscellaneous renovations of various Division of Fire facilities from the Safety Voted Bond Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($27,377.97)
Explanation
BACKGROUND:
Need: The purpose of this legislation is to authorize the expenditure of $27,377.97 for miscellaneous renovation projects at various Division of Fire facilities.
Bid Information: Funds are needed for various projects under $20,000.00 that do not require contracts. The competitive bidding process is followed and once competitive bids are received, funds are encumbered against the certificate; this has been a standard method of operation for smaller projects.
Contract Compliance: N/A
FISCAL IMPACT:
Budgeted Amount: Various renovation projects are waiting for funding. Renovation projects consist of renovation of dormitory areas, kitchen facilities, driveways, sidewalks, roofs, and apparatus floors in the thirty-five building structures in the Division of Fire. Funding is available within approved Safety Voted Bond Funds.
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WHEREAS, the renovation of various Division of Fire facilities has been approved as part of Capital Improvement Project No. 340103 (Fire Facility Renovation); and
WHEREAS, it is now necessary to provide funds for miscellaneous renovations of various Division of Fire facilities; and
WHEREAS, funds are needed for various projects under $20,000.00 that do not require contracts; and
WHEREAS, once competitive bids are received, funds are encumbered against the certificate; and
WHEREAS, all expenditures from this project will be in compliance with competitive bid practices as set forth in the City Code; and
WHEREAS, a emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Division of Fire, Department of Public Safety, in that it is immediately necessary to provide funds for miscellaneous fire facility renovations for the Division of Fire, 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 Safety Director be and he is hereby authorized to expend, as needed, for various fire facility renovations for the Division of Fire.
Section 2. That the procurement of all materials, supplies, equipment, construction, service and professional service shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Section 329.06 unless otherwise provided in Sections 329.07, 329.13, 329.22 or 329.24.
Section 3. That an expenditure of $27,377.97, or so much thereof, as may be necessary, be and it is hereby authorized and directed from Division of Fire, Division No. 30-04, Safety Voted Bond Fund 701, OCA 644559, Project 340103, OL3 Code 6620.
Section 4. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared 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.