City of Columbus - File #: 1798-2005

• File #: 1798-2005
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 10/19/2005
• In control: Public Service & Transportation Committee
• On agenda: 12/12/2005
• Final action: 12/14/2005
• Title: To authorize the Public Service Director to modify and increase the existing contract with Korda-Nemeth Engineering, Incorporated, for design of the Group 11 Intersection Improvement project; to authorize the expenditure of $43,111.00 or so much thereof as may be needed from the 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($43,111.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/14/2005	1	MAYOR	Signed
12/14/2005	1	ACTING CITY CLERK	Attest
12/12/2005	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
12/12/2005	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
12/1/2005	1	ODI DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
12/1/2005	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
12/1/2005	1	Auditor Reviewer	Contingent
12/1/2005	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
12/1/2005	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
12/1/2005	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
12/1/2005	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
11/30/2005	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
11/30/2005	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
11/30/2005	1	EBOCO Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
11/30/2005	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
11/30/2005	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
11/30/2005	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
10/21/2005	1	Service Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
10/19/2005	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation
The Public Service Department, Transportation Division, is engaged in the Group 11 Intersection Improvement project. This project will provide turn lanes to relieve traffic congestion at Roberts Road and Dublin Road; Livingston Avenue and Barnett Road; Roberts Road and Wilson Road; Sullivant Avenue and Central Avenue and Wilson Road and the westbound exit ramp at I-70. A $356,651.00 design contract with Korda-Nemeth Engineering, Incorporated, was authorized by Ordinance 2290-1999 passed October 4, 1999.

This legislation authorizes a modification to the existing design contract. The modification is necessary to compensate the designer for additional work arising from revisions in curb ramp policy, traffic signal interconnect standards and the 2002 Construction and Material Specifications that departed from previously established standards.

This modification is an addition to the original scope of services but is a continuation of the existing work being performed and it would not be practical to contract with a different consultant.

Korda-Nemeth Engineering, Incorporated, contract compliance number 31-0922991 (expires October 21, 2006) was selected in 1999 in accordance with City Code Chapter 329 for awarding professional service contracts. We have negotiated new hourly rates for this modification because the current contract is six (6) years old. Costs have increased by approximately three percent (3%) per year for the past eight years. The overhead rate and percentage of profit from the original contract were used because they are still valid.

The original contract amount was $356,651.00. The cost of this modification is $43,111.00. The total of all modifications is $49,311.00. The total contract amount including all modifications is $405,962.00.

Fiscal Impact: The Transportation Division budgeted $35,000.00 in the 2005 Capital Improvements Budget in the 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund in the Miscellaneous Inter...