City of Columbus - File #: 1645-2006

• File #: 1645-2006
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 9/18/2006
• In control: Utilities Committee
• On agenda: 10/16/2006
• Final action: 10/18/2006
• Title: To authorize the City Attorney to acquire fee simple title and lesser interests; to contract for professional services; to authorize the appropriation, transfer and expenditure of $63,000.00 from the Voted Sanitary Bond Fund in connection with the Upper Adena Brook Area Sanitary Sewer Improvements Project; and to amend the 2006 Capital Improvements Budget; for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage; and to declare an emergency. ($63,000.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/18/2006	1	MAYOR	Signed
10/18/2006	1	ACTING CITY CLERK	Attest
10/16/2006	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
10/16/2006	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
10/10/2006	1	City Clerk's Office	Sent back for Clarification/Correction
10/10/2006	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval
10/10/2006	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
10/10/2006	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
10/10/2006	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
9/25/2006	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval
9/25/2006	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
9/25/2006	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
9/21/2006	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
9/21/2006	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
9/20/2006	1	UTILITIES DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
9/20/2006	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval
9/20/2006	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
9/19/2006	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval
9/19/2006	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval
9/19/2006	1	Utilities Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
9/19/2006	1	Utilities Reviewer	Sent for Approval

Explanation
1. BACKGROUND:
This ordinance is necessary to provide the City Attorney with an additional $63,000.00 for the cost of the easements that are necessary to successfully construct the Upper Adena Brook Area Sanitary Sewer Improvements Project.

2. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION:
The Division of Sewerage and Drainage is requesting City Council to consider this ordinance an emergency measure. This project is among a list of projects that the Division is required to be completed in accordance with the provisions of an existing consent order between the City and the Ohio Attorney General's Office. Failure to adhere to the project schedule contained within the consent order will make the City liable for stipulated fines.

Title
To authorize the City Attorney to acquire fee simple title and lesser interests; to contract for professional services; to authorize the appropriation, transfer and expenditure of $63,000.00 from the Voted Sanitary Bond Fund in connection with the Upper Adena Brook Area Sanitary Sewer Improvements Project; and to amend the 2006 Capital Improvements Budget; for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage; and to declare an emergency. ($63,000.00)

Body
WHEREAS, the Division of Sewerage and Drainage, Department of Public Utilities, has developed construction plans and specifications for the sanitary sewer improvement projects known as the Upper Adena Brook Area Sanitary Sewer Improvements Project; and

WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Division of Sewerage and Drainage, Department of Public Utilities, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the transfer and expenditure of funds within the Voted Sanitary Bond Fund that is necessary to allow for the easement acquisition services necessary to construct the Upper Adena Brook Area Sanitary Sewer Improvements Project which is required as a result of the Consent Order entered into between the City of Columbus and the Ohio Attorney General for purpo...