City of Columbus - File #: 0953-2009

• File #: 0953-2009
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/25/2009
• In control: Safety Committee
• On agenda: 7/27/2009
• Final action: 7/29/2009
• Title: To authorize the Director of Public Safety to expend $50,000.00 for miscellaneous renovations of various Division of Fire facilities from the Safety Voted Bond Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($50,000.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/29/2009	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
7/28/2009	1	MAYOR	Signed
7/27/2009	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
7/27/2009	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO-TEM	Signed
7/17/2009	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
7/17/2009	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
7/17/2009	1	Safety Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
7/17/2009	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
7/17/2009	1	Safety Reviewer	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
7/16/2009	1	SAFETY DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
7/16/2009	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
7/16/2009	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
7/16/2009	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
7/16/2009	1	Safety Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
7/13/2009	1	Safety Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
6/25/2009	1	Safety Drafter	Sent for Approval

Title
To authorize the Director of Public Safety to expend $50,000.00 for miscellaneous renovations of various Division of Fire facilities from the Safety Voted Bond Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($50,000.00)

Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Safety to make various expenditures for labor, materials, and equipment in conjunction with various facilities improvements that are unplanned but necessary. Work may include any type of renovation of Division of Fire facilities such as electrical, HVAC, plumbing, or general maintenance to administrative buildings or fire stations. All work will be based on three estimates obtained from qualified contractors and will not exceed $20,000 per job.

EMERGENCY DESIGNATION: Emergency action is requested so that various renovation projects may proceed as they arise and be completed in a timely manner.

FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance authorizes an expenditure of $50,000 from the Safety Voted Bond Fund. There are sufficient funds in the Safety Voted Bond fund for these various facility renovations.

Body
WHEREAS, various unexpected facility renovations become necessary within the Public Safety Department, Division of Fire; and

WHEREAS, it is necessary for the Public Safety Department, working with the Finance and Management Office of Construction Management, to use capital funds for these facility renovations; and

WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Public Safety Department, Division of Fire, in that it is immediately necessary to have funds available for these renovations so that these projects may proceed in a timely manner, 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 there is a need for the Director of Public Safety to enter into contract for the purchase of labor, materials, and equipmen...