Legislation Details

File #: 2775-2026    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: First Reading
File created: 9/30/2026 In control: Public Utilities & Sustainability Committee
On agenda: 10/26/2026 Final action:
Title: To authorize the Director of Columbus Water & Power to modify and increase the contract with Ascension Construction Solutions, LLC for the Jackson Pike Water Reclamation Plant Power System Upgrades and Safety Improvements project; to make this ordinance contingent upon the Ohio Water Development Authority approving a loan for this project; to appropriate funds within the Water Pollution Control Loan Fund; and to authorize an expenditure of up to $1,394,071.18 from the Water Pollution Control Loan Fund to pay for the project. ($1,394,071.18)
Indexes: MBE Participation
Attachments: 1. ORD 2775-2026 Accounting Template, 2. ORD 2775-2026 Schedule 2A-1, 3. ORD 2775-2026 SOS Ascension
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Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Columbus Water & Power to enter into a planned contract modification for professional construction management services with Ascension Construction Solutions, LLC for the WWTFs Professional Construction Management Services #4 project, CIP 650261-104000, in an amount up to $1,394,071.18.

The contract provides construction administration and management services including construction inspection, coordination, reporting, budgeting, scheduling, document tracking, and related tasks associated with a multi-project program. This agreement provides scope and funding for the Jackson Pike Water Reclamation Plant (JPWRP) Power System Upgrades and Safety Improvements project, PCM Modification 5, CIP 650257-100101.

Additional construction contracts are to be added by contract modification.

Projects under this contract are in Community Planning Area 99 as these benefit the entire City.

1.1 Amount of additional funds to be expended: $ 1,394,071.18

Original Contract (ORD 2336-2025 PO531316 & PO531319) $1,000,000.00
Modification No.1 (ORD 0033-2026 PO555824) $1,989,574.00
Modification No.2 (ORD 0247-2026 PO562153) $1,429,878.03
Modification No.3 (ORD 2302-2026 PO TBD) $337,305.36
Modification No.4 (ORD 2324-2026 PO TBD) $1,000,000.00
Modification No.5 (Current) $1,394,071.18
CURRENT PROPOSED TOTAL $7,150,828.57

1.2. Reasons additional goods/services could not be foreseen:
This is a four-year contract for fiscal years 2025 - 2028 for which modifications were anti...

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