Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the City Auditor to move surplus city-match cash within the General Government Grants Fund No. 220 to the Street Construction Maintenance Repair Fund No. 265, for the Department of Public Service, who administer grant programs for the Division of Transportation and Division of Refuse Collection and to authorize the Director of Public Service to expend within the General Government Grant Fund. There is a need to reimburse the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) for funds received in excess of charges for work performed on the New World Drive project and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) for funds not expended during the grant year.
An ODOT sponsored roadway grant, Third St. Resurfacing, has been completed and closed. This grant was through the Ohio General Assembly as part of the State's capital improvement program. This grant was a reimbursement grant (funds not received until project completed) and now has residual city match funds that need to be returned to the Federal Highway Improvement Fund No. 766, within the Division of Transportation for use on other roadway projects.
Program grants within the Division of Transportation, Freeway Management and Paving the Way, are reimbursement grants which include city match funds. The city does not receive these reimbursements until after the work or expense has been completed. Within the Paving the Way and Freeway Management grant programs, there are residual city match dollars as a result of extended absences of grant dedicated employees that should be returned to the Street Construction Maintenance and Repair Fund (Fund 265) as these funds are no longer needed for the 2005 and 2006 grant years. It is also necessary to appropriate match funds to the Paving the Way program for the fiscal year 2007 that began July 1, 2006, from the Street Construction Maintenance Repair Fund.
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) advanced ...
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