Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Finance and Management Director to enter into a contract on behalf of the Office of Construction Management with Jess Howard Electric, Co. for the Westside Family Health Center emergency generator at 2300 West Broad Street.
An emergency generator is necessary at the Westside Family Health Center to utilize the triage area of the building as an emergency room in the event of a pandemic event or disaster. When a power outage occurs, the generator will allow the health center to maintain general medical services 24 hours a day with a maximum run time of 48 hours before refueling. The generator will also provide the necessary lighting, electrical, environmental comfort and life safety requirements that are needed to occupy the building safely to meet state and local code requirements.
Formal bids were solicited and four companies submitted bids on October 5, 2011 as follows (0 MBE, 0 FBE):
Jess Howard Electric, Co. $150,000.00
Claypool Electric $160,300.00
Hi-Tech Electric $160,725.00
Settle-Muter Electric $188,500.00
The Office of Construction Management recommends that the bid award be made to the most responsive and responsible bidder, Jess Howard Electric, Co.
Emergency action is requested so the health center will remain in operation during power outages, thereby ensuring the best emergency services to the residents of Columbus.
Jess Howard Electric, Inc. Contract Compliance No. 31-4405752, expiration date November 18, 2012.
Fiscal Impact: This legislation authorizes the appropriation and expenditure of up to $150,000.00 from the cash reserves of the Neighborhood Health Center Capital Reserve Fund (Fund 784).
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To authorize the appropriation of $150,000.00 from the unappropriated balance in the Neighborhood Health Center Reserve Fund; to authorize the Finance and Management Director to enter into a contract on behalf of the Office of Construction Management with Jess Howard Electric, Co. for the Westside Family Health Center emergency generator; to authorize the expenditure of $150,000.00 from the Neighborhood Health Center Capital Reserve Fund; and to authorize an emergency. ($150,000.00)
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WHEREAS, it is necessary to appropriate money from the Neighborhood Health Center Capital Reserve Fund in order to provide for the Westside Health Center emergency generator; and
WHEREAS, the Finance and Management Department, Office of Construction Management desires to enter contract with Jess Howard Electric, Co. for the Westside Family Health Center emergency generator; and
WHEREAS, Jess Howard Electric, Co. is the most responsive and responsible bidder; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Finance and Management, Office of Construction Management, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Finance and Management Director to enter into a contract with Jess Howard Electric, Co. for the Westside Family Health Center emergency generator, so the health center will remain in operation during power outages, thereby ensuring the best emergency services to the residents of Columbus, thereby reducing the likelihood of long interruptions in electrical service, thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare, now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the unappropriated monies in the Neighborhood Health Center Capital Reserve Fund and from all monies estimated to come into said fund from any and all sources and unappropriated for any other purposes, the sum of $150,000.00 is appropriated as follows:
Division: 45-50
Fund: 784
OCA Code: 784001-100000
Object Level 1: 06
Object Level 3: 6620
Amount: $150,000.00
SECTION 2. That the Finance and Management Director is hereby authorized to enter into a contract with Jess Howard Electric, Co. for the Westside Family Health Center emergency generator at 2300 West Broad Street.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $150,000.00, or so much thereof that may be necessary in regard to the action authorized in SECTION 2, be and is hereby authorized from the Neighborhood Health Center Capital Reserve Fund (Fund 784) to pay for the Westside Family Health Center emergency generator.
SECTION 3. That for 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 or vetoes the same.