Explanation
Background:
This ordinance will authorize the City Auditor to set up a certificate in the amount of $50,000.00 for various expenditures for labor, material and equipment in conjunction with golf course improvements. These are unanticipated expenditures that may include, but are not limited to, items such as roof and HVAC renovations, ADA improvements, plumbing and electrical. All work will be based on three estimates obtained from qualified contractors and will not exceed $20,000.00 per job.
Fiscal Impact:
$50,000.00 is required and budgeted in the Voted Recreation and Parks Bond Fund to meet the financial obligations of these various expenditures - Fund 702, OCA Code, 722917; Object Level 3, 6621; Project No. 510429-100017, General Golf Course Improvements.
Title
To authorize the City Auditor to set up a certificate in the amount of $50,000.00 for various expenditures for labor, material and equipment in conjunction with golf course improvements; to authorize the expenditure of $50,000.00 from the Voted Recreation and Parks Bond Fund 702; and to declare and emergency. ($50,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, various unanticipated golf course improvements are necessary within the Recreation and Parks Department; and
WHEREAS, funding is available for these improvements from unallocated balances within the Voted Recreation and Parks Bond Fund;
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the City of Columbus in that it is immediately necessary to appropriate and transfer said funds to have funding available for necessary expenditures; and, NOW, THEREFORE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the purchase of labor, materials and equipment is necessary for various unanticipated golf course improvements within the Recreation and Parks Department.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $50,000.00 or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and is hereby authorized from the Voted Recreation and Parks Bond Fund , Fund 702, Dept. 51-03
$35,000 from Project No. 510429-100017 Golf General Facility Improvements, Object Level 3 No. 6621, OCA Code 722917
$15,000 from Project No. 510429-100004 Golf Hard Surface Improvements, Object Level 3 No. 6621, OCA Code 722904
to pay the cost thereof. All work will be based on three (3) estimates and will not exceed $20,000.00 per contract or job.
SECTION 3. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized to transfer the unencumbered balance in a project account to the unallocated balance account within the same fund upon receipt of certification by the Director of the Department administering said project that the project has been completed and the monies are no longer required for said project; except that no transfer shall be so made from a project account funded by monies from more than one source.
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 10 days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.