Explanation
This legislation authorizes the Public Service Director to establish an encumbrance within the Special Income Tax Fund to pay 2004 refuse tipping fees to the Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio (SWACO) for the Refuse Collection Division. This expense is necessary to safely and legally dispose of the refuse collected by the division in the course of pursuing its mission.
The Finance Department has determined that $10,967,000.00 should be adequate for this purpose. This number is based on estimated refuse tonnage and may need to be adjusted later through legislation presented to City Council. Actual tonnage is susceptible to variables such as the weather and the number of households collected that cannot be absolutely predicted at this time. Actual annual tipping fees totaled $10,787,906.67 and $10,551,338.72 for 2001 and 2002, respectively. The 2003 authorization totals $11,108,000.00 to date. Through November 2003, actual 2003 expenditures total $10,018,252.17.
Formal competitive bidding requirements must be waived because refuse disposal services other than those provided by SWACO are available in the marketplace, however the City is contractually obligated to tip at SWACO facilities. Tipping fee rates are determined by SWACO's established rate setting process. The City is represented on SWACO's board of directors.
This 2004 expense is budgeted within the Special Income Tax Fund. This ordinance appropriates these funds as necessary.
Emergency action is requested to provide to avoid payment delays to the Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio (SWACO) that will result in the City incurring an interest penalty.
Title
To appropriate $10,967,000.00 within the Special Income Tax Fund; to authorize the Public Service Director to establish an encumbrance in this amount to pay 2004 refuse tipping fees to the Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio for the Refuse Collection Division pursuant to an existing lease agreement; to authorize the expenditure of $10,967,000.00 or so much thereof as may be necessary from the Special Income Tax Fund; to waive the competitive bidding requirements of the City Code, and to declare an emergency. ($10,967,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the Refuse Collection Division must encumber funds to continue refuse tipping at the Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio's facilities pursuant to the lease agreement between the City and the Authority for those facilities; and
WHEREAS, these funds must be appropriated within the Special Income Tax Fund; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Refuse Collection Division, Public Service Department, in that it is immediately necessary to establish an encumbering document with the Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio for refuse disposal in 2004, 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 sum of $10,967,000.00 be and hereby is appropriated from the unappropriated balance of the Special Income Tax Fund, Fund 430, and from all monies estimated to come into said Fund from any and all sources and unappropriated for any other purpose during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2004, to Department No. 59-02, Public Service Department, Refuse Collection Division, Object Level One Code 03, Object Level Three Code 3389, OCA Codes and amounts as follows:
OCA CODE |
AMOUNT |
590067 |
$ 9,000 |
593707 |
967,350 |
593715 |
1,406,700 |
593723 |
755,700 |
593731 |
250,775 |
593756 |
183,900 |
593772 |
23,700 |
593806 |
775 |
590083 |
51,825 |
593947 |
619,125 |
593954 |
1,733,450 |
593962 |
804,150 |
593988 |
188,100 |
594135 |
192,950 |
590109 |
37,950 |
594333 |
625,425 |
594341 |
1,713,550 |
594358 |
1,000,175 |
594366 |
248,875 |
594374 |
13,475 |
594382 |
126,000 |
594408 |
4,750 |
594499 |
9,300 |
|
|
Total Tipping Fee Allocation |
$ 10,967,000 |
SECTION 2. That the monies appropriated in Section 1 shall be paid upon order of the Public Service Director and that no order shall be drawn or money paid except by voucher, the form of which shall be approved by the City Auditor.
SECTION 3. That the Public Service Director be and hereby is authorized to establish an encumbrance with the Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio for 2004 refuse tipping services for the Refuse Collection Division at the various rate charges assigned to each tipping location and any legal subsequently adjusted rates.
SECTION 4. That the expenditure of $10,967,000.00.00, or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized from the Special Income Tax Fund, Fund 430, Department No. 59-02, Public Service Department, Refuse Collection Division, Object Level One Code 03, Object Level Three Code 3389, OCA Codes and amounts as follows:
OCA CODE |
AMOUNT |
590067 |
$ 9,000 |
593707 |
967,350 |
593715 |
1,406,700 |
593723 |
755,700 |
593731 |
250,775 |
593756 |
183,900 |
593772 |
23,700 |
593806 |
775 |
590083 |
51,825 |
593947 |
619,125 |
593954 |
1,733,450 |
593962 |
804,150 |
593988 |
188,100 |
594135 |
192,950 |
590109 |
37,950 |
594333 |
625,425 |
594341 |
1,713,550 |
594358 |
1,000,175 |
594366 |
248,875 |
594374 |
13,475 |
594382 |
126,000 |
594408 |
4,750 |
594499 |
9,300 |
|
|
Total Tipping Fee Allocation |
$ 10,967,000 |
SECTION 5. That in accordance with Section 329.27 of the Columbus City Code, City Council has determined that it is in the best interest of the City of Columbus that Section 329.06 relating to formal competitive bidding requirements be waived and hereby waives said section.
SECTION 6. 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.