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File #: 0108-2025    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 1/9/2025 In control: Public Utilities & Sustainability Committee
On agenda: 1/27/2025 Final action: 1/29/2025
Title: To authorize the Finance and Management Director to associate all General Budget Reservations resulting from this ordinance with the appropriate current and pending Universal Term Contract Purchase Agreements for the purchase of Water Treatment Chemicals for the Division of Water; to authorize the expenditure of $27,000,000.00 from the Water Operating Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($27,000,000.00)
Attachments: 1. ORD# 0108-2025 Financial Coding
Explanation

BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Finance and Management Director to associate all General Budget reservations resulting from this ordinance with the following current and pending Universal Term Contract Purchase Agreements listed below for the purchase of Water Treatment Chemicals for the Division of Water.

The Purchase Agreement associations listed require approval by City Council in order for the division to expend more than $100,000.00, per Columbus City Code Chapter 329.

UNIVERSAL TERM CONTRACT PURCHASE AGREEMENTS:
Aluminum Sulfate: USALCO LLC, Vendor# 034824, cc exp. 1/3/2027
Carbon Dioxide: Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc., Vendor# 010025, cc exp. pending
Hydrofluosilicic Acid: Univar Solutions USA LLC, Vendor# 010753, cc exp. 1/29/2026
Liquid Caustic Soda: Bonded Chemicals, Inc., Vendor# 009696, cc exp. 2/17/2025
Liquid Chlorine: JCI Jones Chemicals, Inc., Vendor# 000795, cc exp. pending
Powdered Activated Carbon: Donau Carbon US LLC, Vendor# 031693, cc exp. 1/22/2026
Potassium Permanganate: Bonded Chemicals, Inc., Vendor# 009696, cc exp. 2/17/2025
Quicklime: Carmeuse Lime & Stone, Inc., Vendor# 001930, cc. exp. Pending 2/2/2026
Soda Ash: Bonded Chemicals, Inc., Vendor# 009696, cc exp. 2/17/2025
Sodium Hypochlorite: Bonded Chemicals, Inc., Vendor# 009696, cc exp. 2/17/2025
Zinc Orthophosphate: Shannon Chemical Corporation, Vendor# 001764, cc exp. 9/13/2026
Liquid Oxygen: Airgas USA LLC, Vendor# 009314, cc exp. 1/18/2025
Calcium Thiosulfate: Bonded Chemicals, Inc., Vendor# 009696, cc exp. 2/17/2025
Sodium Chloride: Morton Salt, Inc., Vendor# 007812, cc exp. 3/8/2026

The companies are not debarred according to the Excluded Party Listing System of the Federal Government or prohibited from being awarded a contract according to the Auditor of State Unresolved Findings for Recovery Certified Search.

FISCAL IMPACT: $27,000,000.00 is budgeted and available in the Water Operating Fund. This ordinance is contingent on the passage of the 20...

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