Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance amends the 2008 Capital Improvements Budget and authorizes the transfer of $42,982 between projects within the Safety Voted Bond Fund. This ordinance also authorizes the modification of a contract for the Office of Construction Management with Gutknecht Construction Company for the construction of Fire Station No. 10, 1080 West Broad Street. The original contract was authorized by Ordinance No. 0577-2007, passed April 16, 2007. Due to unforeseen issues encountered during the construction of Fire Station No. 10, the Broad Street underground City fiber and traffic controls were rerouted. In addition, further excavation of unfit soil was required. This work completes the Fire Station No. 10 project.
EMERGENGY ACTION is requested to reimburse the contractor for unforeseen costs incurred during the construction of Fire Station No. 10.
Gutknecht Construction Company Contract Compliance No. 31-0935568 Expiration date August 10, 2009.
FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance authorizes an expenditure of $42,982.00 from existing cash in the Safety Voted Bond Fund. The original cost of this contract was $4,454,208.00, bringing the total cost after this modification to $4,497,190.00. This modification will represent the final payment for the Fire Station No. 10 project.
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To amend the 2008 Capital Improvements Budget; to authorize the City Auditor to transfer $42,982.00 between projects in the Safety Voted Bond Fund; to authorize the Finance and Management Director to modify a contract with Gutknecht Construction Company for unforeseen issues encountered during the construction of Fire Station No.10; to authorize the expenditure of $42,982.00 from the Safety Voted Bond Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($42,982.00)
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WHEREAS, it is necessary to amend the 2008 Capital Improvements Budget and transfer cash between projects within the Safety Voted Bond Fund; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to modify a contract with Gutknecht Construction due to unforeseen issues encountered during the construction of Fire Station No. 10; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Finance and Management Department, Office of Construction Management, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Finance and Management Director to modify a contract with Gutknecht Construction Company for reimbursement of unforeseen issues encountered during the construction of Fire Station No. 10, thereby preserving the public health, property, safety, and welfare; now, therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the 2008 Capital Improvements Budget is hereby amended as follows:
Project/Project # CIB CIB Amount Revised
Fire Facility Renovation 340103-100000 (Carryover) $893,804 $850,822
Fire Station #10 West Broad Street 340112-100000 (Carryover) $65,427 $108,409
SECTION 2. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to transfer funds within the Safety Voted Bond Fund as follows:
FROM:
Dept/Div: 30-04 | Fund: 701 | Project Number 340103 |Project Name - Fire Facility Renovation |OCA Code: 644559 | Amount: $42,982.00
TO:
Dept/Div: 30-04 | Fund: 701 | Project Number: 340112| Project Name - Fire Station #10 West Broad Street |OCA Code: 644559 | Amount: $42,982.00
SECTION 3. That the Finance and Management Director is hereby authorized to modify a contract with Gutknecht Construction Company for reimbursement of unforeseen issues encountered during the construction of Fire Station No. 10.
SECTION 4 That the expenditure of $42,982.00 or so much thereof as may be necessary in regard to the action authorized in SECTION 3, be and is hereby authorized and approved as follows:
Division: 30-04
Fund: 701
Project: 340112
OCA: 644559
Object Level 1: 06
Object Level 3: 6620
Amount: $42,982.00
SECTION 5. 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 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.