Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Columbus Water and Power to enter into contract modification No. 1 with Mid-State Basement Systems LLC for Project Dry Basement.
The contract modification No. 1 will continue to provide funding for the Project Dry Basement program. The program consists of installing backwater valves and sump pumps and other such work as maybe necessary to prevent sewer backups in single and two-family homes in Columbus due to surcharging in city sewers from heavy rain or sewer blockages by protecting the home up to the top of casting of the nearest upstream manhole with a Spears or pre-approved backwater valve, which allows use of plumbing fixtures above that elevation in the remainder of the home. Only homes deemed eligible by the City of Columbus, Department of Water and Power, Division of Water Reclamation qualify for this program. Under this program an eligible home with an interior perimeter foundation drain connection to the lateral is also eligible, at the owner’s option, for the installation of a sump pump that will redirect the foundation drainage away from the sanitary lateral to the sump pump and then discharge that drainage away from the house.
The contract is expected to be renewed and extended annually. The initial contract period authorized by Ordinance No. 3025-2025 was from December 8th, 2025 until December 7th, 2026 with an option for three (3) additional one-year renewals based upon mutual agreement of the parties, availability of budgeted funds, and approval of City Council. This ordinance authorizes the first renewal from December 8th, 2026 until December 7th, 2027.
This Ordinance authorizes the first one-year renewal option, and is being submitted in accordance with the relevant provisions of Chapter 329 of City Code.
1. Amount of additional funds: The total amount of additional funds needed for this contract modification No. 1 is ADD $275,000.00.
2. Reason additional funds were...
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