Explanation
Background:
This ordinance authorizes the Finance and Management Department, Office of Construction Management, to make various expenditures for labor, materials, and equipment in conjunction with various facilities improvements that are unplanned but will be necessary. Work may include any type of renovation of City-owned facilities, such as electrical, HVAC, and plumbing. All work will be based on three estimates obtained from qualified contractors. Funding for these expenditures is from the Construction Management Capital Improvement Fund.
Fiscal Impact: The Office of Construction Management budgeted $729,390 in the 2009 Capital Improvements Budget for various facility renovations - including this particular item. This ordinance authorizes an expenditure of $200,000.00.
Title
To authorize the Finance and Management Director to expend $200,000.00 from the Construction Management Capital Improvement Fund for various facility renovations. ($200,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, various unexpected facility renovations will likely become necessary within the Finance and Management Department, Office of Construction Management; and
WHEREAS, an Auditor's Certificate is necessary to provide funding for these renovations; now, therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That the purchase of labor, materials, and equipment will likely become necessary for various facility renovations within the Finance and Management Department, Office of Construction Management.
Section 2. That the expenditure of $200,000.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and is hereby authorized from the Construction Management Capital Improvement Fund No. 746, as follows, to pay the cost thereof. All work will be based on three estimates. City Council recognizes this ordinance does not identify the contractor(s) to whom the contract(s) will be awarded and understands that its passage will give the Finance...
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