City of Columbus - File #: 1408-2006

• File #: 1408-2006
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 7/19/2006
• In control: Public Service & Transportation Committee
• On agenda: 7/31/2006
• Final action: 8/2/2006
• Title: To amend the 2006 Capital Improvements Budget; to authorize and direct the City Auditor to appropriate and transfer $7,000,000.00 from the Special Income Tax Fund to the Fleet Management Services Fund; to authorize the transfer of $925,000.00 within the Public Safety Voted Bond Fund, to authorize the Public Service Director to enter into contract with Messer Construction Company for construction of the new fleet maintenance facility for the Fleet Management Division, to authorize the Public Service Director to enter into a professional services contract for construction management services based upon formal proposals on file with the Public Service Department, to authorize the expenditure of $25,815,000.00 from the Fleet Management Services Fund and $925,000.00 from the Public Safety Voted Bond Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($26,740,000.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/2/2006	1	MAYOR	Signed
8/2/2006	1	ACTING CITY CLERK	Attest
7/31/2006	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
7/31/2006	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
7/25/2006	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
7/25/2006	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
7/25/2006	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
7/24/2006	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
7/24/2006	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
7/24/2006	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
7/21/2006	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
7/21/2006	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
7/21/2006	1	ODI DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
7/21/2006	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
7/21/2006	1	Service Reviewer	Sent for Approval

Explanation

BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Public Service Director to enter into contract with Messer Construction Company for the construction of the new fleet maintenance facility for the Fleet Management Division and enter into a professional services contract for construction management services pending negotiations on price with the firms who submitted formal proposals on May 17, 2006. The Public Service Department is committed to building a new fleet maintenance facility to conduct vehicle repairs and service the needs of the city fleet. The existing maintenance facility at 423 Short Street was originally constructed as a vehicle storage building for refuse collection vehicles and retrofitted in the early 1970's for repairing vehicles and administrative offices. The existing facility is spatially inadequate to handle the maintenance of a large and modern city fleet. The construction of a new maintenance facility will provide a 150,000 square ft. building specifically designed for fleet maintenance operations and will be large enough to consolidate several current maintenance garages including 270 Greenlawn Avenue, the Short Street facilities, the motorcycle shop, and East 25th Avenue. The new maintenance facility will also be large enough to accomodate all manner of Fire, Police, Refuse Collection, and Transportation Division vehicles and with enough space to service the City's fleet well into the twenty-first century. In addition, the new maintenance facility will include the Police Division Traffic Bureau (Motorcycle Unit) and Fire Maintenance 34. Vacating the Short Street location as well as the Greenlawn facilities will present opportunities for future riverfront and/or Brewery District and Whittier Peninsula development.

Council passed Ordinance 0469-2005 on July 11, 2005 to complete the design of the new maintenance facility by DLZ in the amount of $725,000.00. Council also passed Ordinance 0933-2005 on June 13, 2005 to pu...