City of Columbus - File #: 0113-2011

• File #: 0113-2011
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 1/13/2011
• In control: Finance & Economic Development Committee
• On agenda: 2/7/2011
• Final action: 2/9/2011
• Title: To authorize the Finance and Management Director to enter into a contract on behalf of the Office of Construction Management with IMW Industries, Inc. for installation of the compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station equipment at 4211 Groves Road; to authorize the expenditure of $978,000.00 from the Fleet Capital Improvement Fund and the General Government Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($978,000.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/9/2011	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
2/8/2011	1	MAYOR	Signed
2/7/2011	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
2/7/2011	1	Columbus City Council	Taken from the Table	Pass
2/7/2011	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
1/31/2011	1	Columbus City Council	Tabled to Certain Date	Pass
1/21/2011	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
1/21/2011	1	Finance Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
1/20/2011	1	EBOCO Reviewer	Sent for Approval
1/20/2011	1	ODI DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
1/20/2011	1	Finance Drafter	Sent for Approval
1/19/2011	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
1/19/2011	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
1/19/2011	1	Finance Drafter	Sent for Approval
1/18/2011	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
1/18/2011	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
1/18/2011	1	Finance Drafter	Sent for Approval
1/14/2011	1	Finance Drafter	Sent for Approval
1/14/2011	1	Finance Reviewer	Sent for Approval
1/14/2011	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
1/14/2011	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
1/13/2011	1	Finance Drafter	Sent for Approval
1/13/2011	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved

Explanation

BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Finance and Management Director to enter into a contract on behalf of the Office of Construction Management with IMW Industries, Inc. for the purchase of compressed natural gas fueling station equipment at 4211 Groves Road. The fueling station will provide rapid and reliable dispensing of compressed natural gas (CNG) to begin to grow a fleet of energy efficient CNG fueled vehicles.

The City of Columbus, Finance and Management Department, Fleet Management Division, was awarded a grant from the United States Department of Energy (DOE) through the local Clean Cities Coalition designee, Clean Fuels Ohio. The funding opportunity is titled "Clean Cities FY09 Petroleum Reduction Technologies Projects for the Transportation Sector", Area of Interest 4, and was created through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to fund cost-shared projects that expand the use of alternative fueled vehicles and advanced technology vehicles as well as the installation or acquisition of infrastructure necessary to directly support an alternative fueled vehicle or advanced technology vehicle. Ordinance No. 0540-2010, passed April 14, 2010, authorized the Finance and Management Director to enter into a contract with Clean Fuels Ohio and to accept and appropriate the grant. This grant will be used to fund a portion of the CNG fueling station, including equipment purchases.

The City of Columbus will be receiving 23 CNG heavy-duty vehicles in 2011, which will rely on this fueling station for fuel. This will be the only CNG fueling station in the Columbus area with the capacity to fuel this number of CNG heavy-duty vehicles. This equipment enables the station to be "fast-fill," meaning that vehicles can be fueled in approximately the same amount of time as diesel vehicle equivalents. CNG vehicles produce significantly lower amounts of harmful emissions such as nitrogen oxides, particulate matter, and toxic and c...