Explanation
This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to modifiy an existing contract with Navarro Construction Company for the Laboratory Upgrades at the Southerly Wastewater Treatment Plant.
The laboratory systems were outdated and needed to be renovated. Formal bids were received for the upgrades on July 3, 2002 and Navarro Construction Company was awarded purchase order EL-002687. Additional money is needed to complete the upgrade.
The laboratory runs tests on the effluent of the Southerly Wastewater Treatment Plant to ensure that water returning to the Scioto River is clear of solids, metals, toxins and pathogens as stated in the EPA permit to discharge.
SUPPLIER: Navarro Construction Company (31-1157723)
FISCAL IMPACT: $20,000.00 is needed for this modification and is budgeted.
$864,000.00 was spent in 2002-2003
Emergency legislation is being requested so that this final stage of upgrades can be completed and the laboratory can function at full capacity.
Title
To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to modify a contract with Navarro Construction Compnay for the Laboratory Upgrades at the Southerly Wastewater Treatment Plant for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage, to authorize the expenditure of $20,000.00 from the Sewerage System Operating Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($20,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the laboratory at the Southerly Wastewater Treamtment Plant had a need for upgrades to create a safer and more hygienic environment, and
WHEREAS, Navarro Construction Company was awarded EL-002687 established from formal bids opened by the Director of Public Utilities on July 3, 2002, and
WHEREAS, additional work and money is needed to complete the final stage of the upgrades of the laboratory, and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Utilities, Division of Sewerage and Drainage in that it is immediately necessary to modify the contract with Navarro Construction Companuy for the Laboratory Upgrades so that this final stage of upgrades can be completed and the laboratory can function at full capacity 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 is hereby authorized to modify the contract with Navarro Construction Company for Laboratory Upgrades for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage.
Section 2. That the expenditure of $20,000.00 or so much thereof as may be needed, be and the same hereby is authorized from the Sewerage System Operating Fund, Fund No. 650, OCA 604793, Object Level 1: 06, Object Level 03: 6624.
Section 3. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, where is hereby made a part hereof, this Ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure, which 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.