Explanation
Background:
This ordinance will authorize the appropriation and transfer of $110,000.00 within the Recreation and Parks Permanent Improvement Fund No. 747, and authorize the Director of Recreation and Parks to enter into a contract with Hopewell Constructors for the Whetstone Park Shelter House Renovations.
Two bids were received by the Recreation and Parks Department on June 30, 2006, for the Whetstone Park Shelter House Renovations, as follows:
Status Amount
Hopewell Constructors FBE $101,000
Kel-Par Majority $154,300
Services will include interior renovations, flooring, wall removal, gutters, siding, fascia, and roofing.
A contingency amount of $9,000.00 is being included in this project
Contract Compliance Number for Hopewell Constructors is #31-1472318.
Emergency action is necessary to allow project to begin as soon as possible for immediate needs of the Rose Foundation.
Fiscal Impact:
$110,000.00 is budgeted in the Recreation and Parks Permanent Improvement Fund to meet the financial obligation of this project
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To authorize the appropriation and transfer of $110,000.00 within the Recreation and Parks Permanent Improvement Fund, to enter into contract with Hopewell Constructors for the Whetstone Park Shelter House Renovations, to authorize the expenditure of $110,000.00 from the Recreation and Parks Permanent Improvement Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($110,000.00)
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WHEREAS, bids were received by the Recreation and Parks Department on June 30, 2006, and the contract for the Whetstone Park Shelter House Renovations will be awarded on the basis of the lowest and best responsive and responsible bidder; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately necessary to appropriate and transfer $110,000.00 within the Recreation and Parks Permanent Improvement Fund, and to enter into contract to allow work to begin as soon as possible for the immediate needs of the Rose Foundation.; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of Recreation and Parks be and he is hereby authorized and directed to enter into contract with Hopewell Constructors for the Whetstone Park Shelter House Renovations, in accordance with plans and specifications on file in the Recreation and Parks Department.
SECTION 2. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized to appropriate $110,000.00 to the Recreation and Parks Permanent Improvement Fund No. 747, Dept. 51-01, Project No. 747999, OCA Code 900747, and Object Level 3 No. 5501.
SECTION 3. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized to transfer $110,000.00 within the Recreation and Parks Permanent Improvement Fund No. 747, Dept. 51-01, Project No. 747999, OCA Code 900747, and Object Level 3 - 5501 to Facility Improvements, Project No. 510035, OCA Code 640862, and Object Level 3 - 6620.
SECTION 4. That for the purpose of paying for any contingencies which may occur during this project, the amount of $9,000.00 has been included in Section 3, above. This amount will be expended only after approval by the Director of the Recreation and Parks Department, certification by the City Auditor, and approval of the City Attorney.
SECTION 5. That the expenditure of $110,000.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and is hereby authorized from the Recreation and Parks Permanent Improvement Fund No. 747, Dept. 51-01, Facility Improvements, Project No. 510035, Object Level 3 - 6620, and OCA Code 640862, to pay the cost thereof.
SECTION 6. 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 ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.