Legislation Details

File #: 1184-2026    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: First Reading
File created: 4/14/2026 In control: Public Utilities & Sustainability Committee
On agenda: 5/18/2026 Final action:
Title: To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to modify and increase a professional engineering services contract with Hill International for the Professional Construction Management Services 2020 contract; to authorize an amendment to the 2025 Capital Improvement Budget; to authorize the appropriation of funds within the Water Fresh Water Market Rate Program Fund; to transfer cash and appropriation between projects within the Water Bond Fund; to authorize the Director of Public Utilities to apply for Ohio Water Development Authority Fresh Water loans and to execute any documents needed to accept the loans; to make this ordinance contingent upon the Ohio Water Development Authority approving the loans; and to authorize an expenditure of up to $4,250,200.00 from the Water Bond Fund and the Water Fresh Water Market Rate Program Fund to pay for the contract modification. ($4,250,200.00)
Indexes: MBE Participation, WBE Participation
Attachments: 1. ORD 1184-2026 Sec of State, 2. ORD 1184-2026 PCM 2020 - Combined Schedule 2A-1, 3. ORD 1184-2026 Accounting Template v2
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Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to modify and increase the professional engineering services contract with Hill International, Inc. (hereafter Hill International) for the Professional Construction Management Services (PCM) - 2020 contract, CIP Number 690587-100001, in an amount up to $4,250,200.00.

This contract assists the City with managing a capital improvement program consisting of multiple capital improvement projects to ensure completion in accordance with design requirements and City’s needs, while serving as a liaison between the construction contractor, design professional (DP), and City personnel. Work performed to date includes program support services, design phase construction management services (e.g., construction cost estimating, constructability reviews, and construction scheduling), and construction administration / construction inspection (CA/CI) services. Future planned modifications of the contract will continue these same services.

The Community Planning Area is “99 - Citywide” as the water facilities associated with this contract serve multiple planning areas.

1.1 Contract Timeline and Future Modifications: The Notice to Proceed (NTP) for the original contract occurred in December 2020. Construction projects were assigned to this contract based on their advertisement date using a three-year assignment period that started at this contract’s NTP date; thus, the assignment period ran from December 2020 to December 2023. The PCM team will provide construction services through completion of the last construction project assigned to this contract. Thus, the end date for this contract will depend on the construction duration of the last construction project assigned.

1.2 Amount of additional funds to be expended: $9,960,500.00
Original Contract Amount: $ 2,442,500.00 (Ordinance No. 2380-2020)
Renewal No. 1: $ 6,826,100.00 (Ordinance No. 1569-2021)
Renewal No. 2: $ 7...

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