Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
The Department of Public Service employs personnel that are engaged in traffic sign and signal installation, permanent pavement marking application, and roadway improvement design and construction. Project costs incurred by the operating fund are salaries, overhead, overtime, materials and other direct costs. These personnel and project expenses are budgeted within and paid from the division's operating fund, the Street Construction, Maintenance and Repair Fund. These costs can be capitalized. Doing so is consistent with earlier efforts by the Division to reimburse its operating fund when the operating fund incurred expenses more appropriate to capital improvement funding. Funds in the amount of $213,600.00 are being included as part of the cost to apply pavement marking materials for the Division of Mobility Options Sharrows.
This ordinance authorizes the expenditure of $2,613,600.00 or so much thereof as may be necessary for this purpose.
2. FISCAL IMPACT
Fiscal Impact: This expenditure is budgeted and available within the Division of Planning and Operation's Fund 704, the Streets and Highways G.O. Bonds Fund and for the Division of Mobility Options within the Build America Bonds (B.A.B.s) Fund. The 2010 revenue estimate for the Street Construction, Maintenance and Repair Fund reflects and assumes this revenue.
3. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION
Emergency action is requested to allow the reimbursement of these operating expenses at the earliest possible time to make the Street Construction Maintenance Repair Fund whole.
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To authorize the Director of Public Service to expend $2,613,600.00 or so much thereof as may be necessary to reimburse the Street Construction, Maintenance and Repair Fund for traffic sign and signal installation, permanent pavement marking, roadway improvement design and construction expenses, salaries, overhead, overtime, materials and other direct costs incurred by the Fund in connection with the Division of Planning and Operations' and Division of Mobility Options capital improvements program in 2010; and to authorize the expenditure of $2,400,000.00 from the Streets and Highways G.O. Bonds Fund for the of Division of Planning and Operations and $213,600 from the Build America Bonds Fund for the Division of Mobility Options; and to declare an emergency. ($2,613,600.00)
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WHEREAS, the Department of Public Service employs personnel that are engaged in traffic sign and signal installation, permanent pavement marking activity, and roadway improvement design and construction activities and incurs various salary and material expenses within its operating fund associated with capital projects; and
WHEREAS, these costs can be capitalized; and
WHEREAS, the 2010 revenue estimate for the Street Construction, Maintenance and Repair Fund reflects and assumes this revenue; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize this expenditure in order to provide adequate operating resources for the Division of Planning and Operations and Division of Mobility Options;
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Division of Planning and Operations and Division of Mobility Options in that this reimbursement should be authorized to provide reimbursement to the Street Construction Maintenance and Repair Fund at the earliest possible time and make this fund whole, 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 Director of Public Service be and hereby is authorized to expend $2,613,600.00 or so much thereof as may be necessary from Fund 746, the Gov'l Build America Bonds (B.A.B.s) Fund and The Streets and Highways G.O. Bonds Fund to reimburse the Street Construction, Maintenance and Repair Fund for traffic sign and signal installation, permanent pavement marking, roadway improvement design and construction expenses, salaries, overhead, overtime, materials and other direct cost expenses incurred in connection with the Division of Planning and Operations, Dept.-Div., 59-11, capital improvements program as follows.
Dept - Div / Fund/ Project / Project Name / O.L. 01-03 Codes / OCA Code / Amount
59-11 / 704 / 530161-100013 / Roadway Improvements-SCMRF Reimbursement / 06-6631 / 746113 / $2,400,000.00
59-10 / 746 / 540002-100029 / Bikeway Development - Downtown Bikeway Connector / 06-6631 / 760229 / $213,600.00
Section 2. 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 3. 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.