Explanation
Background:
This ordinance will authorize the City Auditor to set up a certificate in the amount of $100,000.00 for various expenditures for labor, material and equipment in conjunction with Recreation and Parks existing park improvements. These are unanticipated expenditures that may include, but are not limited to, items such landscaping, concrete, asphalt, equipment improvements, etc. All work will be based on three estimates obtained from qualified contractors and will not exceed $20,000.00 per job.
Fiscal Impact:
$100,000.00 is required and budgeted in the Voted Recreation and Parks Bond Fund to meet the financial obligations of these various expenditures -
Title
To authorize the City Auditor to set up a certificate in the amount of $100,000.00 for various expenditures for labor, material and equipment in conjunction with park improvements; to authorize the expenditure of $100,000.00 from the Voted Recreation and Parks Bond Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($100,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, various unanticipated park improvements are necessary within the Recreation and Parks Department; and
WHEREAS, funding is available for these improvements from unallocated balances within the Voted Recreation and Parks Bond Fund; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately necessary to set up a certificate in the amount of $100,000 for various expenditures related to park improvements thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare; NOW, THEREFORE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the expenditure of $100,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and is hereby authorized from the Voted Recreation and Parks Voted Bond Fund No. 702:
Fund No. 702; $100,000, Project No. 510017-100000 Park and Playground Misc, Object Level 3 #6621,
OCA Code 721700
SECTION 2. That the purchase of labor, materials and eq...
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