Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the annual appropriation of monies within the Municipal Motor Vehicle License Tax Fund for the Transportation Division. This money is used for division operating expenses consistent with the 2004 budget. The amount being appropriated within this ordinance is detailed below. These proposed expenditures are estimates and are subject to change. Where appropriate, expenditure ordinances will be submitted to City Council for approval to procure these commodities and services.
Commodities/ Amount
Rock Salt/ $1,000,000.00
Liquid calcium chloride, calcium-coated sand, etcetera/ $60,000.00
Subtotal, Object Level One Code 02: $1,060,000.00
Services/ Amount
Utilities (gas, electricity, city electricity, water and sewerage)/ $960,000.00
Maintenance services such as snow removal - Franklin County Engineering Department, snow removal - private
contractors, guardrail and fence repair, weed and vegetation control and utility excavation and repair/ $730,000.00
Subtotal, Object Level One Code 03: $1,690,000.00
Grand Total: $2,750,000.00
Emergency action is requested to make these funds available to the division as soon as practical to meet anticipated 2004 expenses.
Title
To appropriate $2,750,000.00 from the unappropriated balance of the Municipal Motor Vehicle License Tax Fund for anticipated 2004 operating expenditures for the Transportation Division, Public Service Department, and to declare an emergency. ($2,750,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, projects programmed to utilize funds from the Municipal Motor Vehicle License Tax Fund are ready to proceed; and
WHEREAS, an appropriation of funds is necessary to begin these projects, allow the services to be performed and/or payments to be made without delay; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Transportation Division, Public Service Department, in that it is immediately necessary to appropriate said fun...
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