Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Department of Public Utilities requires the operators of our treatment plants and distribution system to be licensed by the State of Ohio They 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 would like 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 $75,000.00. This contract will run through March 31, 2009. The Federal Identification Number for the Operator Training Committee of Ohio is 31-6065198. They are classified as a non-profit organization and do not require a contract compliance number.
This ordinance is being submitted as an emergency to insure continuation of this valuable training without interruption. The current contract expires on March 31, 2008.
FISCAL IMPACT: There is sufficient budget authority for this purchase.
$96,305.00 was encumbered in 2007 and $46,683.00 was encumbered in 2006 for specialized utility operations and maintenance training for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage and the Division of Power and Water.
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To authorize the Director of Public Utilities 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 the Columbus City Code, for the Department of Public Utilities, and to authorize the expenditure of $1,500.00 from the Electricity Operating Fund, $27,000.00 from the Sewerage System Operating Fund, , $19,500.00 from the Storm Sewer Operating Fund and $27,000.00 from the Water Systems Operating Fund and to declare an emergency. ($75,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the Department of Public Utilities requires the operators of our treatment plants and distribution system to be licensed by the State of Ohio, and
WHEREAS, they 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, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Utilities in that it is immediately necessary to establish a sole-source contract for utility operations and maintenance training, from the Operator Training Committee of Ohio (OTCO), for the immediate 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 $75,000.00, or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized to be expended from:
Division 60-07 | Electricity Operating Fund 550 | OCA Code 600023 | Object Level Three 3331 | $1,500.00
Division 60-05 | Sewerage System Operating Fund 650 | OCA Code 600056 | Object Level Three 3331 | $27,000.00
Division 60-15 | Storm Sewer Operating Fund 675 | OCA Code 600065 | Object Level Three 3331 | $19,500.00
Division 60-09 | Water Systems Operating Fund 600 | OCA Code 600049 | Object Level Three 3331 | $27,000.00
Section 3. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, where is hereby made a part hereof, this Ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure, which 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.