City of Columbus - File #: 1310-2010

• File #: 1310-2010
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 9/8/2010
• In control: Public Service & Transportation Committee
• On agenda: 9/27/2010
• Final action: 9/29/2010
• Title: To authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and Management to issue purchase orders from existing universal term contracts for the purchase of signal equipment, to authorize the Director of the Department of Public Service to expend from the General Government Grant Fund $1,109,400.00 and to declare an emergency. ($1,109,400.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/29/2010	1	MAYOR	Signed
9/29/2010	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
9/27/2010	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
9/27/2010	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
9/15/2010	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
9/15/2010	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
9/15/2010	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
9/15/2010	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
9/15/2010	1	Service Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
9/14/2010	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
9/14/2010	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
9/14/2010	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
9/14/2010	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
9/9/2010	1	Service Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
9/9/2010	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
9/9/2010	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
9/9/2010	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
9/8/2010	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, the city of Columbus was awarded $7,403,500 from the U.S. Department of Energy as a formula allocation of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG). The Department of Public Service received $1,571,650 of this award for Pedestrian Signal Upgrade to LED technology. The new pedestrian signals will comply with the latest standards promulgated by the Institute of Transportation Engineers specifying appearance criteria, energy-saving performance and expected service life.

These countdown displays will provide a clearer understanding of the meaning of pedestrian clearance intervals, increased customer acceptance of the proper operation of pedestrian signals and ultimately safer pedestrian environment. The project will replace a total of 3,698 pedestrian signals with an expected annual savings of 1,946,000 kilowatt hours upon project completion in the fall of 2012.

Appropriation of these grant funds was authorized in Ordinance 1511-2009. Ordinance 0769-2010 amended the ordinance 1511-2009 with regard to appropriation between object level one codes and authorized the expenditure from the General Government Grant Fund (Fund 220) for the Division of Planning and Operations within the Department of Public Service. This ordinance identifies that the expenditure of $1,109,400.00 of the grant funds which were authorized in ordinance 0769-2010 will be expended for this signal equipment per the terms and conditions of the following Universal Term Contracts awarded from SA003200:

FL004381 Baldwin & Sours, Inc. $626,384.00
FL004382 Traffic Control Products $291,311.00
FL004383 General Traffic Equipment $180,687.00
FL004380 Path Master $ 11,018.00

Searches in the Excluded Party List System (Federal) and the Findings for Recovery list (State) produced no findings against Baldwin and Sours, Inc., Path Master, Inc., Traffic Control P...