City of Columbus - File #: 1465-2007

• File #: 1465-2007
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 9/6/2007
• In control: Utilities Committee
• On agenda: 10/1/2007
• Final action: 10/5/2007
• Title: To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to execute a planned contract modification to the professional engineering services agreement with Ribway Engineering Group, Inc., for the Southerly Wastewater Treatment Plant New Effluent Pump Station and Effluent Conduit Project; to authorize the transfer and appropriation of $691,641.51 within the Voted Sanitary Sewer Bond Fund; to authorize the transfer and appropriation of $1,861,058.49 from the Sanitary Sewer Reserve Fund; to authorize the expenditure of $2,552,700.00 within the Voted Sanitary Sewer Bond Fund; to amend the 2007 Capital Improvements Budget for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage; and to declare an emergency. ($2,552,700.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/5/2007	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
10/4/2007	1	MAYOR	Signed
10/1/2007	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
10/1/2007	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
9/20/2007	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
9/19/2007	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
9/19/2007	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
9/19/2007	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval
9/19/2007	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
9/17/2007	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
9/17/2007	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval
9/17/2007	1	EBOCO Reviewer	Sent for Approval
9/17/2007	1	ODI DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
9/17/2007	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval
9/14/2007	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
9/14/2007	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
9/12/2007	1	Utilities Reviewer	Sent for Approval
9/12/2007	1	UTILITIES DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
9/12/2007	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval
9/11/2007	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval
9/11/2007	1	Utilities Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
9/7/2007	1	Utilities Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
9/6/2007	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation
1. BACKGROUND:

A. Need. This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to modify the professional engineering services agreement with Ribway Engineering Group, Inc., for the Southerly Wastewater Treatment Plant New Effluent Pump Station and Effluent Conduit Project, for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage. The Ribway Engineering Group,, Inc. modification amount requested under this ordinance is $2,552,700.00. The contract total including this modification is $5,352,700.00. Engineering services for this project are being funded incrementally by contract modification as portions of the work are undertaken to advance the project through planning, engineering design, and construction of facilities. The contract modification now proposed primarily provides funding for construction-phase engineering, start-up, and commissioning assistance services now needed during construction of Contracts S70 and S71. The potential need for the additional work was foreseen and so stated in the original contract's legislation, and is therefore a planned continuation of the services originally included within the existing contract's scope of service. It is not deemed either feasible or reasonable to suspend work with the entity currently under contract and undertake continuation of these services with another procurement. The cost of the modification is a continuation of the vendor's current pricing structure, as verified by the Professional Program Manager and City staff. The Division has determined that these services cannot be performed by City personnel at this time, and has planned for the procurement of these services on a routine basis.

B. Contract Compliance No.: 311406579 (MBE) (Expires 08/29/2008)

C. Emergency Designation: The Division of Sewerage and Drainage is requesting City Council to designate this ordinance an emergency measure in order to allow for the immediate commencement of this work. This expediency is justified in ...