City of Columbus - File #: 1196-2007

• File #: 1196-2007
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 7/9/2007
• In control: Finance & Economic Development Committee
• On agenda: 7/23/2007
• Final action: 7/25/2007
• Title: To authorize the Finance and Management Director to accept a grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, through the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission, for a Midwest Clean Diesel Initiative grant under the project heading "Mid-Ohio Public Diesel Fleet Initiative: Leading the Way to Cleaner Air"; to appropriate $79,164 from the unappropriated balance of the General Government Grant Fund to the Department of Finance and Management, and to declare an emergency. ($79,164).

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/25/2007	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
7/24/2007	1	MAYOR	Signed
7/23/2007	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
7/23/2007	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
7/16/2007	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
7/16/2007	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
7/16/2007	1	Service Reviewer	Sent for Approval
7/16/2007	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
7/16/2007	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
7/16/2007	1	Service Reviewer	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
7/13/2007	1	Service Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
7/12/2007	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
7/12/2007	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
7/12/2007	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
7/11/2007	1	Service Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
7/9/2007	1	Finance Reviewer	Sent for Approval

Explanation
BACKGROUND:

The City of Columbus, through the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) was awarded a grant on March 12, 2007, from the United States Environmental Protection Agency. The grant is to fund the Mid-Ohio Public Diesel Fleet Initiative, a collaborative partnership between the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission, the Ohio Environmental Council (OEC), the City of Columbus, and the Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA). The grant will fund Fleet Management's portion of the "Mid-Ohio Public Diesel Fleet Initiative: Leading the Way to Cleaner Air" project. Ordinance #2128-2006 was passed on December 11, 2006, authorizing the Public Service Director to apply for this grant. This ordinance is now needed to accept and appropriate $79,164 in grant money to fund this project.

The City's portion of the grant will be used to purchase twenty-one (21) hydraulic heaters to be installed on refuse collection vehicles. Currently, when temperatures drop below twenty degrees Fahrenheit, automated side loading refuse collection vehicles must idle for an extended period of time in order for the engines and the hydraulic oil to sufficiently warm. Hydraulic heaters will reduce idle time, fuel consumption, emissions, staff overtime, and labor costs by permitting immediate use of the vehicle without a prescribed warm-up period. The grant will also be used to install nine (9) diesel oxidation catalysts (DOC's) on select diesel vehicles. DOC's are estimated to reduce particulate matter by 25 percent, carbon monoxide by 50 percent, and hydrocarbons by 50 percent.

This grant is for the period January 1, 2007 through September 30, 2008.

Emergency action is requested to allow the financial transaction to be posted in the City's accounting system as soon as possible. Up to date financial posting promotes accurate accounting and financial management.

FISCAL IMPACT: This program is entirely funded by the U.S. EPA and does not generate revenue o...