City of Columbus - File #: 0577-2007

• File #: 0577-2007
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 4/3/2007
• In control: Safety Committee
• On agenda: 4/16/2007
• Final action: 4/19/2007
• Title: To amend the Public Safety Department's 2006 Capital Improvement Budget, to authorize the City Auditor to transfer funds between projects in the Safety Voted Bond Fund, to authorize the Finance and Management Director to enter into contract for the Office of Construction Management with Gutknecht Construction Company, Inc. for construction of Fire Station 10, to authorize the expenditure of $4,454,208.00 from the Safety Voted Bond Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($4,454,208.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/19/2007	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
4/18/2007	1	MAYOR	Signed
4/16/2007	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
4/16/2007	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
4/6/2007	1	Finance Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
4/5/2007	1	SAFETY DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
4/5/2007	1	Finance Drafter	Sent for Approval
4/5/2007	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
4/5/2007	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
4/5/2007	1	Finance Drafter	Sent for Approval
4/5/2007	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
4/5/2007	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
4/5/2007	1	Finance Drafter	Sent for Approval
4/5/2007	1	EBOCO Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
4/5/2007	1	ODI DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
4/5/2007	1	Finance Drafter	Sent for Approval
4/5/2007	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
4/3/2007	1	Finance Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation

BACKGROUND: This ordinance amends the 2006 Capital Improvement Budget and authorizes the transfer of $1,377,830.06 from the Fire Station 35 (Waggoner Road) Project to the Fire Station 10 (West Broad Street) Project for the construction of Fire Station 10. This ordinance also authorizes the Finance and Management Director to enter into contract for the Office of Construction Management with Gutknecht Construction Company, Inc., for the construction of Fire Station 10 at 1080 West Broad Street. This project will be a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Certified building, in compliance with the Mayor's Get Green Columbus initiative. LEED is administered by the United States Green Building Council, and is the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction, and operation of high performance green buildings. LEED components in this project will include highly efficient lighting, triple paned windows, energy efficient HVAC systems, and the use of recycled buildings materials. LEED also encourages community projects, and this will be accomplished by an exterior memorial for FF Maurice Gates of Ladder 10, who was killed in the line of duty on September 15, 1982. In tandem with this new era technology, the new fire station is also designed to meet the old era architectural aesthetics of the community, blending in with old Fire Station 10, built in 1896.

Formal bids were solicited on February 6, 2007 and five companies submitted bids on March 19, 2007 as follows (1 MBE*, 0 FBE):

Altman General $4,352,531.00
2K General Company, Inc. $4,401,059.00
Gutknecht Construction Company, Inc. $4,454,208.00
Williamson Builders* $4,975,390.00
Charter Hill Construction, Inc. $5,260,908.00

The Office of Construction Management recommends the bid award be made to the most responsive and responsible and best bidder, Gutknecht Construction Company, Inc. The three lowest bidders were within 2.39% of each other,...