Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to pay operating license fees for the Department's three water treatment plants and authorizes a fund transfer within the Water Operating Fund.
In 1993, the State of Ohio passed House Bill 152, which requires the Division of Water to pay operating license fees for its three water treatment plants (Hap Cremean, Parsons Avenue, and Dublin Road). This fee is based upon the number of service connections. This is the 32nd year for this payment. The fee is payable to the Treasurer, State of Ohio, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency by December 31, 2024.
FISCAL IMPACT: The Division of Water allocated $220,000.00 for this payment in the 2024 Water Operating Fund Budget. However, other unexpected or overbudget expenditures within the division have resulted in an object class 03 fund balance less than this amount. $834,954.60 will be transferred between object classes within the Water Operating Fund to support these permit fees, as well as additional professional service encumbrances before year-end. There is sufficient budget authority available in the 2024 Water Operating Fund's Budget to fund the transfer.
$214,307.08 was expended for this purpose in 2023
$213,363.92 was expended for this purpose in 2022
EMERGENCY DESIGNATION: This ordinance is being submitted as an emergency measure in order to meet the payment deadline of December 31, 2024 as well as to expedite the funds transfer to support the Division's object class 03 balance before year-end.
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To authorize the Director of the Department of Public Utilities to pay operating license fees for the City's three water treatment plants to the Treasurer, State of Ohio, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency for the Division of Water; to authorize the transfer of $834,954.60 between object classes in the Water Operating Fund; to authorize the expenditure of $220,000.00 or as much thereof as may be needed from the Wate...
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