Explanation
The City of Columbus and the Franklin County Engineer's Office have completed the improvement of a portion of Frank Road from Gantz Road east to SR 104 South. These improvements including paving, pavement repairs, concrete curb and gutter work, sidewalks with ADA-compliant ramps, pavement striping, raised pavement markers, buried loop detectors and landscape restoration. Franklin County was the lead agency and let the contracts and oversaw this work, with the City participating financially. The County has billed the City $190,000.00 for the City's portion of the work. This ordinance provides for reimbursement of this expense to the Franklin County Engineer.
Funds for this expenditure are available within the Resurfacing project of the 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund.
Emergency action is requested to expedite payment to the Franklin County Engineer in order to help mitigate any cash flow problems. The expense was invoiced to the City on October 14, 2003.
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To authorize the Public Service Director to expend $190,000.00 to reimburse the Franklin County Engineering Department for the City of Columbus' share of the costs to improve a portion of Frank Road; to authorize this expenditure from the 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($190,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the City of Columbus and the Franklin County Engineer's Office have completed the improvement of a portion of Frank Road from Gantz Road east to SR 104 South; and
WHEREAS, Franklin County was the lead agency and let the contracts and oversaw this work, with the City participating financially; and
WHEREAS, the County has billed the Transportation Division $190,000.00 for the City's portion of the work; and
WHEREAS, this expense needs to be paid to the Franklin County Engineer; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Transportation Division, Public Service Department, in that pa...
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