Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Finance and Management Director to modify a contract on behalf of the Office of Construction Management with Knight Electric for the installation of emergency generators for five Fire Stations and the Impound Lot.
Ordinance No. 2883-2014, passed by City Council on December 18, 2014, authorized the installation and replacement of outdated backup electrical generators for the Impound Lot at 2700 Impound Road, and the Division of Fire at the following five locations: Fire Station No. 5 at 211 McNaughten Road; Fire Station No. 22 at 3069 Parsons Avenue; Fire Station No. 23 at 4451 Livingston Avenue; Fire Station No. 25 at 739 West 3rd Avenue; and Fire Station No. 27 at 7560 Smokey Row Road. A modification of the contract is necessary due to unforeseen work required of Columbia Gas and associated with new gas lines needed to Fire Stations No. 5, No. 22, and No. 27. During installation of the generators it was determined that existing gas lines were aged and require upgrades necessary to handle the required gas pressure.
Knight Electric has institutional knowledge of the project as it has been performing the installation. The most practical and cost effective solution for the coordination and continuity of the project is to modify this contract so that the work can be completed. Prices already established in the contract were used to determine the cost of this modification.
Emergency action is requested so the Impound Lot and fire stations will remain in operation during power outages, thereby ensuring ongoing and unimpeded services to the residents of Columbus.
Knight Electric Contract Compliance No. 31-1409432, expiration date August 31, 2016.
Fiscal Impact: The cost of this contract is $8,999.65. Funding is available from a previously established Auditor’s Certificate.
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To authorize the Finance and Management Director to modify a contract on behalf of the Office of Construction Management with Knight Electric for the installation of emergency generators for various Fire Stations and the Impound Lot; to authorize the expenditure of $8,999.65 from a previously established Auditor’s Certificate; and to declare an emergency. ($8,999.65)
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WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 2883-2014, passed by City Council on December 18, 2014, authorized the installation and replacement of outdated backup electrical generators for various Fire Stations and the Impound Lot ; and
WHEREAS, due to unforeseen work required of Columbia Gas and associated with new gas lines needed to Fire Stations No. 5, No. 22, and No. 27; and
WHEREAS, during installation of the generators it was determined that existing gas lines were aged and require upgrades necessary to handle the required gas pressure; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Public Safety funds were made available from a previously established Auditor’s Certificate AC036941/001; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Finance and Management Department, Office of Construction Management, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director to modify a contract with Knight Electric for the installation of emergency generators for various Fire Stations and the Impound Lot for the installation of emergency generators for various Fire Stations and the Impound Lot to ensure ongoing and unimpeded services to the residents of Columbus; 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 Finance and Management Director is hereby authorized to modify a contract on behalf of the Office of Construction Management with Knight Electric for the installation of emergency generators for five Fire Stations and the Impound Lot.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $8,999.65, or so much thereof as may be necessary in regard to the action authorized in SECTION 1, be and is hereby authorized and approved from Auditor’s Certificate AC036941/001.
SECTION 3. 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 4. 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.
SECTION 5. 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.