Explanation
1. BACKGROUND:
This legislation authorizes modifying the following contracts, and an amendment to the 2002 Capital Improvements Budget, in connection with the construction of the Jackson Pike Wastewater Treatment Plant New Headworks Project:
a. Professional engineering services agreement with Burgess & Niple, Limited, for purposes of providing engineering services during construction ($182,805.00). The Division of Sewerage and Drainage has determined that these services cannot be performed by city personnel at this time, and has planned for the procurement of these services on a routine basis. The contract total including this modification is $7,386,586.00. The cost of these services is consistent with the those provided for under the existing contract.
b. Professional services agreement with H.R. Gray & Associates, Inc., for purposes of providing construction management services ($162,855.00). The Division of Sewerage and Drainage has determined that these services cannot be performed by city personnel at this time, and established this contract for for purposes of funding project needs incrementally by modification at such time as the construction contract work is ready to proceed. The contract total including this modification is $7,386,586.00. The cost of these services is consistent with the those provided for under the existing contract.
Title
To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to modify the professional engineering services contract with Burgess & Niple, Limited, and the construction management services contract with H.R. Gray & Associates, Inc., in connection with the Jackson Pike Wastewater Treatment Plant New Headworks Project; to amend the 2002 Capital Improvements Budget; to authorize the expenditure of $345,660.00 from the Ohio Water Pollution Control Loan Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($345,660.00)
Body
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 1138-99, as passed May 10, 1999, authorized the Director of Public Utilities to execute Contract No. EL900635 with Burgess and Niple, Limited, in connection with the Jackson Pike Wastewater Treatment Plant New Headworks; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 3135-97, as passed December 15, 1997, authorized the Director of Public Utilities to execute an Contract No. XC819099 with H.R. Gray & Associates, Inc., for purposes of providing construction management services to the Division of Sewerage and Drainage for various projects contained within its capital improvements plan; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Division of Sewerage and Drainage, Department of Public Utilities, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director of Public Utilities to modify the aforementioned service agreements in order to provide engineering services during construction; and construction management services, pursuant to the timely and successful construction of the Jackson Pike Wastewater Treatment Plant New Headworks Project; and to amend the 2002 Capital Improvements Budget to accommodate said transactions; for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property and safety; Now, Therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That the Director of Public Utilities be, and hereby is, authorized to modify the professional engineering service agreement no. EL900635 with Burgess & Niple, Ltd., 5085 Reed Road, Columbus, Ohio 43220; and to pay up to a maximum amount of $182,805.00 for engineering services required during the construction of the Jackson Pike Wastewater Treatment Plant New Headworks Project, in accordance with the terms and conditions as shown in the contract modification agreement on file in the General Engineering Section of the Division of Sewerage and Drainage.
Section 2. That the Director of Public Utilities be, and hereby is, authorized to modify the professional engineering service agreement no. XC819099 with H.R. Gray & Associates, Inc., 1335 Dublin Road, Suite 100-B, Columbus, Ohio 43215; and to pay up to a maximum amount of $162,855.00 for construction management services required during the construction of the Jackson Pike Wastewater Treatment Plant New Headworks Project, in accordance with the terms and conditions as shown in the contract modification agreement on file in the General Engineering Section of the Division of Sewerage and Drainage.
Section 3. That the expenditure of $345,660.00, or as much thereof as may be needed, be and the same hereby is authorized from the Ohio Water Pollution Control Loan Fund No. 666; Division 60-05; within the Jackson Pike Wastewater Treatment Plant
Headworks Project No. 650252; OCA Code No. 650252; Object Level Three No. 6678 for purposes of paying the cost of the contract modifications referenced within Section 1 and 2 herein.
Section 4. That the 2002 Capital Improvements Budget Ordinance No. 1674-02 is hereby amended as follows; in order to provide sufficient budget authority for the aforementioned project expenditures as follows:
CURRENT:
Project 650252 JPWWTP New Headworks $17,229,227.00
AMENDED TO:
Project 650252 JPWWTP New Headworks $17,574,887.00
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.