Title
To authorize and direct the Director of Public Safety to expend $70,000.00 for miscellaneous renovations of various Division of Fire facilities from the Safety Bond Fund, and to declare an emergency.($70,000.00)
Explanation
BACKGROUND
Need: There is an immediate need to authorize the expenditure of $70,000.00 for miscellaneous renovation projects at various Division of Fire facilities from the Safety Voted Bond Fund.
Bid Information: Funds are needed for various projects under $20,000.00 that do not require council approval. The competitive bidding process is followed and once competitive bids are received, funds are encumbered against the certificate; this has been a standard method of operation for smaller projects.
Contract Compliance: N/A
Emergency Designation: Emergency action is requested to make funding immediately available to complete ongoing and upcoming facility repairs.
FISCAL IMPACT
Budgeted Amount: Various renovation projects are awaiting funding. Renovation projects consist of renovation of dormitory areas, kitchen facilities, driveways, sidewalks, roofs, and apparatus floors in the thirty-five building structures in the Division of Fire. Unencumbered cash is available in the Fire Division's Safety Voted Bond Fund for these expenditures.
Body
WHEREAS, the renovation of various Division of Fire facilities has been approved as part of Capital Improvement Project No. 340103 (Fire Facility Renovation); and
WHEREAS, it is now necessary to provide funds for miscellaneous renovations of various Division of Fire facilities; and
WHEREAS, funds are needed for various projects under $20,000.00 that do not require council approval; and
WHEREAS, once competitive bids are received, funds are encumbered against the certificate; and
WHEREAS, all expenditures from this project will be in compliance with competitive bid practices as set forth in the City Code; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Safety, in that it is immediately necessary to provide funding for various facility renovation projects, 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. That the expenditure of $70,000.00, or so much thereof, as may be necessary, be and it is hereby authorized and directed from Division of Fire, Division No. 30-04, Safety Voted Bond Fund 701, OCA 644559, Project 340103, OL3 Code 6620.
Section 2. That the Safety Director be and he is hereby authorized to expend, as needed, for various fire facility renovations for the Division of Fire.
Section 3. That the procurement of all materials, supplies, equipment, construction, service and professional service shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Section 329.06 unless otherwise provided in Sections 329.07, 329.13, 329.22 or 329.24.
Section 4. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared 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.