Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance amends the 2004 Capital Improvement Budget and authorizes the transfer of $50,146.49 from the Police Disaster Services Sites Project to the Central Safety Building Project. This ordinance also authorizes the Public Service Director to enter into contract for the Facilities Management Division with Dorsey Construction Company, in the amount of $513,000.00 for the renovation of the entryways to the Central Safety Building, 120 Marconi Boulevard. The project will involve the demolition of the existing entry doors and walk-off mats, the resetting of the granite tiled plaza, the development of new entry vestibules, and the placement of security planters surrounding the entryways. The duration of the contract is one hundred twenty calendar days from the contract award date.
Formal proposals were solicited on May 26, 2005. Three firms submitted proposals on June 21, 2005 as follows: (0 MBE, 0 FBE, *1 MBR).:
*Dorsey Construction Co. $513,000.00
Righter Co. $516,750.00
Gutknecht Construction Co., Inc. $517,000.00
Emergency action is requested to allow this project to proceed in a timely manner so that work can be completed during good weather.
Fiscal Impact: The Police Division budgeted $450,000.00 in the 2004 Capital Improvement Budget for the renovation of the entryways to the Central Safety Building. The cost of this contract is $513,000.00. The Police Division is expending $60,284.94 from Fund 743 to make up most of the difference. This money is available from cancelled encumbrances and was originally authorized in the 1988 Voted Bond Sale. The remainder of the difference will be made up through cost savings in other projects. Dorsey Construction Company Contract Compliance Number .
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To amend the Public Safety Department's 2004 Capital Improvement Budget, to authorize the City Auditor to transfer funds between projects in the Safety Voted Bond Fund, to authorize the Public Service Director to enter into contract for the Facilities Management Division with Dorsey Construction Company for the renovation of the entryways to the Central Safety Building; to authorize the expenditure of $513,000.00 from the Safety Voted Bond Fund. ; and to declare an emergency. ($513,000.00).
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WHEREAS, it is necessary to amend the Public Safety Capital Improvement Budget and transfer funds in order to renovate the entryways to the Central Safety building, 120 Marconi Boulevard, and
WHEREAS, the entryways to the Central Safety building, 120 Marconi Boulevard, have deteriorated beyond normal serviceability and it is necessary to renovate the entryways for the safety and usability of the building's tenants, and
WHEREAS, bids were solicited on May 26, 2005, by the Facilities Management Division, and
WHEREAS, the Public Service Department recommends Dorsey Construction Company as the most responsive and responsible bidder, now, therefore and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Public Service Department, Facilities Management Division, in that it is immediately necessary to commence with the renovation of the entryways to the Central Safety building, 120 Marconi Boulevard, 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 City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to transfer funds within the Safety Voted Bond Fund as follows:
FROM:
Dept/Div: 30-03 | Fund: 743 | Project Number 330004 | Project Name - Police Disaster Services Sites |OCA Code - 643262 |Amount $50,146.49
TO:
Dept/Div: 30-03 | Fund: 743 | Project Number 330012 | Project Name - Central Safety Building |OCA Code - 643262|Amount $50,146.49
SECTION 2. That the 2004 Public Safety Capital Improvement Budget is hereby amended as follows:
CURRENT CIB:
Dept/Div: 30-03 | Fund: 743 | Project Number 330012 | Project Name - Central Safety Building | Amount $0.00
REVISED CIB:
Dept/Div: 30-03 | Fund: 743 | Project Number 330012 | Project Name - Central Safety Building | Amount $60,284.94 | Funding Source - Unvoted Carryover
SECTION 3. That the Public Service Director is hereby authorized to contract with Dorsey Construction Company for the renovation of the entryways of the Central Safety Building, 120 Marconi Boulevard.
SECTION 4. That the expenditure of $513,000.00, or so much thereof that may be necessary in regard to the action authorized in SECTION 3, be and is hereby authorized and approved as follows:
Division: 30-03
Fund: 743
Project: 330012
OCA Code: 643262
Object Level 1: 06
Object Level 3: 6620
Amount: $60,284.94
Division: 30-03
Fund: 701
Project: 330021
OCA Code: 644476
Object Level 1: 06
Object Level 3: 6620
Amount: $452,715.06
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.