Explanation
This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to extend an agreement with the State of Ohio, Department of Transportatin (ODOT) for electrical energy and maintenance services for the lighting of interstate highways and highway signs. The agreement was originally entered into in 2002 and has been extended yearly since then.
The existing agreement between the City of Columbus, Division of Power and Water and ODOT which expired June 30, 2006, provides for electrical service for lighting of interstate highways and highway signs and maitenance of highway lighting. The requested extension will cover the period from July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007.
Emergency action is requested in order to ensure that the agreement is executed at the earliest date possible to insure uninterrupted receipt of revenue for the service provided.
Title
To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a planned modification of an existing contract with the State of Ohio, Department of Transportation for the Division of Power and Water to provide electrical energy and maintenance services for lighting of interstate and highway signs, and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, the City of Columbus, Division of Power and Water, sells electricity to commercial and residential customers and has an electrical distribution system, and
WHEREAS, the State of Ohio, Department of Transportation, requires electrical energy and maintenance services for lighting of interstate highways and highway signs, and
WHEREAS, an existing agreement between the City of Columbus, Department of Public Utilities, and the State of Ohio, Department of Transportation, to provide electrical services for the lighting of interstate highways and highway signs expired June 30, 2006, and
WHEREAS, the City of Columbus, Department of Public Utilities, and the State of Ohio, Depatment of Transportation, wish to extend the agreement to provide said electrical energy and maintenance services for said lighting, and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Utilities, Division of Power and Water, in that it is immediately necessary to enter into a planned modification of an existing agreement with the State of Ohio Department of Transportation, 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 Director of Public Utilities is hereby authorized to enter into a planned modification of an existing agreement with the State of Ohio, Department of Transportation to provide electrical energy and maintenance services for the lighting of interstate highways and highway signs.
Section 2. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made part hereof, this ordinance is delcared 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.