Explanation
Background:
This ordinance will authorize expenditures for utility relocation services by City Electric, American Electric Power, SBC Ameritech, and Time Warner Cable to Dodge Recreation Center in the amount of $150,000.00.
All utility work must be provided by the responsible utility company only. Individual purchase orders will be created against this auditor's certificate based on proposals submitted by individual utility companies.
Emergency legislation is required as construction of new facility is underway. These utility relocations are necessary in order to get the building under roof prior to the winter season.
Fiscal Impact:
$150,000.00 is required and budgeted in the Voted 1995 and 1999 Parks and Recreation Bond Fund to meet the financial obligations of these various expenditures.
Title
To authorize the expenditure of $150,000.00 for utility relocation services for Dodge Recreation Center from the Voted 1995 and 1999 Parks and Recreation Bond Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($150,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, utility relocation services are necessary within the Recreation and Parks Department for the Dodge Recreation Center; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately necessary to expend said funds as utility relocations must be completed to get the building under roof prior to the winter season; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That the purchase of utility relocations is necessary, within the Recreation and Parks Department.
Section 2. That the expenditure of $150,000.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and is hereby authorized from the Voted 1995 and 1999 Parks and Recreation Bond Fund No. 702, Dept. 51-01, as follows, to pay the cost thereof. Individual purchase orders will be created based on proposals submitted by individual utility companies.
Fund Type Project No. Project Title Object Level 3 OCA Code Amount
Cap. Proj. 510509 Dodge Rec. Ctr. 6620 644526 $150,000.00
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 ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.