Explanation
Background: This ordinance authorizes the City Auditor to set up an auditor’s certificate in the amount of $250,000.00 for various expenditures for labor, materials, and equipment which are directly related to capital projects in conjunction with park improvements managed by the Recreation and Parks Department.These funds will be used for unanticipated expenditures directly related to the following types of capital improvements:
· The construction of new buildings and structures, including site preparation
· Additions, alterations, conversions, expansions, reconstruction, renovations, rehabilitations, and major replacements of a building or structure
· Major mechanical and electrical system installations and upgrades, including, but not limited to, plumbing, heating and central air conditioning, boilers, ventilation systems, fire suppression systems, pump systems, electrical work, elevators, escalators, and other similar building services that are built into the facility
· New, fixed outside structures or facilities, including, but not limited to, sidewalks and trails, highways and streets, bridges, parking lots, utility connections, outdoor lighting, water supply lines, sewers, water and signal towers, electric light and power distribution and transmission lines, playgrounds and equipment, parks with features, retaining walls, and similar facilities that are built into or fixed to the land, including site preparation
· Additions, alterations, expansions, reconstruction, renovations, rehabilitations, and major replacements of a fixed, outside structure
· Major earthwork for land improvements for parks and recreation fields
· Surveys in conjunction with land acquisitions or improvements
· Equipment that itself rises to the level of a capital asset or which directly relates to a capital project
Contracts will be entered into in compliance with the procurement provisions of the Columbus City Codes Chapter 329. Expenditures will be in compliance wit...
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