Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
The City of Columbus Department of Public Service, Division of Design and Construction recently completed the Columbus Traffic Signal System(CTSS) Phase A project.
The purpose of the project was to install conduit, pullboxes, fiber optic cable, and communication cabinets for a communication network, in order to begin migrating the Columbus traffic signal system to an open architecture, which will serve Central Ohio stakeholders with system connectivity and interoperability. The project also allows for an interagency data exchange for the Departments of Public Service and Technology, as part of the Citywide Connectivity goal.
This project was awarded a Federal Congestion Mitigation Air Quality (CMAQ) grant and received grant disbursements throughout the project for funds expended.
The City of Columbus was inadvertently reimbursed over the allowable amount for several reference items included in the project and must return funding in the amount of $688,165.44 to the Ohio Department of Transportation. This amount has been reviewed and confirmed by the Auditor’s Office.
Also, as part of this project the Department of Technology contributed funding to the project for interconnect cable. Not all of the cable that was estimated to be used was installed and it is necessary to return the unused funds to the Department of Technology. The amount to be returned is $18,942.00.
3. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION
Emergency action is requested to allow for the reimbursement of these funds and maintain proper accounting practices.
4. FISCAL IMPACT
The funding to reimburse the Ohio Department of Transportation for amount reimbursed over the allowable amount and to reimburse the Department of Technology is available within the Fed-State Highway Engineering Fund.
Title
To authorize the Director of Public Service to reimburse the Ohio Department of Transportation in the amount of $688,165.44 for a grant disbursement which mistakenly exceeded the a...
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