Explanation
Background
Ordinance No. 0085-2002 passed on January 28, 2002, establishing both the rate of the pro-rata charge for administrative services and the list of funds required to pay pro-rata.
Due to recent division and fund reorganizations and additions, it is necessary to amend this ordinance. A new fund has been established, the Private Inspection Special Revenue Fund, from which proceeds from private entity and right-of-way construction plan review and inspection services provided by the Department of Public Service will be deposited.
As a result, this ordinance adds the Private Inspection Special Revenue Fund to the list of funds to be charged pro-rata.
Fiscal Impact: Because these fees were previously deposited into the Building Services fund, which is also charged pro-rata, there will be no net fiscal impact.
Title
To provide for payment to the general fund, by major independent operating funds of the city, their proportionate share of the administrative expenses of the city, to repeal ordinance No. 0085-02, and to declare an emergency. (REPEALED BY ORD. 2293-2018; PASSED 9/17/2018)
Body
Whereas, the Attorney General of Ohio, in an opinion rendered in 1952, ruled that the cost of administrative services by general fund departments for independent fund divisions should be pro-rated to the independent fund divisions on an equitable basis; and
Whereas, Ordinance No. 0085-02 provides for payment to the general fund by various independent funds for administrative services rendered by the general fund departments at the rate of four and one-half percent of gross revenues deposited in said independent funds; and
Whereas, due to various reorganizations and additions, a new fund, the Private Inspection Special Revenue Fund has been established and should be included in the list of funds being charged pro-rata; and
Whereas, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the City of Columbus in that it is immediately necessary to establish a comprehensive list of independent funds to be charged pro-rata, and to repeal Ordinance No. 0085-02 for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS
SECTION 1. Effective February 23, 2009, each of the following independent funds of the City shall pay to the General Fund, Fund No. 01-100 for its pro-rata share of the administrative expenses of the City, at a sum at the rate of four and one-half percent of the gross revenues in each fund for the calendar quarter previous to that date. Such payments shall be administered by the City Auditor.
See attachment: Funds charged pro-rata.xls
SECTION 2. That the above four and one-half percent charge is determined by the Council to be equitable in amount and not excessive considering the services rendered by the administrative departments to the various divisions which are intended to be partially or entirely self-supporting.
SECTION 3. That ordinance 0085-02 is hereby repealed.
SECTION 4. 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