Explanation
Background:
This ordinance will enable the Director of Recreation and Parks to reimburse the Franklin County Engineer for bikeway improvements included in the Lane Avenue Bridge Project.
The Franklin County Engineer, under the direction of Recreation and Parks, authorized additional construction services to the bike path on the Lane Avenue Bridge Project. Services included erosion control, additional pavement, and right of way improvements.
The Contract Compliance Number for the Franklin County Engineer is #31-6400067/071.
The approximate cost of Recreation and Parks staff time on this project is $7,500.00 (04-031).
Emergency legislation is necessary as Franklin County has already paid the contractor for this work.
Fiscal Impact:
$583,691.54 is required and budgeted in the Voted 1995 and 1999 Parks and Recreation Bond Fund to meet the financial obligation of this reimbursement.
Title
To authorize and direct the Director of Recreation and Parks to reimburse the Franklin County Engineer for bikeway improvements on the Lane Avenue Bridge Project, to authorize the expenditure of $583,691.54 from the Voted 1995 and 1999 Parks and Recreation Bond Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($583,691.54)
Body
WHEREAS, the Franklin County Engineer authorized additional construction services for the bikeway improvements on the Lane Avenue Bridge Project at the request of the Recreation and Parks Department; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately necessary to reimburse said expenditures for the preservation of public health, peace, property and safety as the county has already paid the contractor for this work; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of Recreation and Parks be and he is hereby authorized and directed to reimburse the Franklin County Engineer fo...
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