City of Columbus - File #: 1839-2005

• File #: 1839-2005
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 10/25/2005
• In control: Public Service & Transportation Committee
• On agenda: 12/12/2005
• Final action: 12/14/2005
• Title: To authorize the Finance and Management Director to modify and increase existing purchase orders for the purchase of reflective sheeting, traffic signal controllers and traffic signals and components for the Transportation Division per the terms and conditions of nine citywide universal term contracts with five vendors; to authorize the expenditure of $493,941.00 from the 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($493,941.00)

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
11/25/2005	1	Service Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
11/22/2005	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
11/22/2005	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
11/21/2005	1	EBOCO Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
11/21/2005	1	ODI DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
11/21/2005	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
11/21/2005	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
11/21/2005	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
11/17/2005	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
11/17/2005	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
11/17/2005	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
10/28/2005	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
10/26/2005	1	Service Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
10/25/2005	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation
The Public Service Department, Transportation Division, requires reflective sheeting, traffic signal controllers and traffic signals and components to perform its mission of promoting pedestrian safety and traffic control.

Reflective sheeting, available in multiple colors, is what makes signage highly visible, especially at night and in inclement weather conditions. It is purchased in bulk quantities and applied to aluminum sign blanks in the sign manufacturing process performed at Transportation's traffic engineering maintenance facility at 1820 East Seventeenth Avenue.

These commodities are available for purchase per the terms and conditions of nine (9) existing citywide universal term contracts with five (5) vendors. This ordinance authorizes the purchase of reflective sheeting, traffic signal controllers and traffic signals and signal components to meet the Transportation Division's anticipated needs for the balance of 2005 and half of 2006 in the amount of $493,941.00.

Fiscal Impact: The Transportation Division budgeted a total of $475,000 in the 2005 Capital Improvements Budget within the 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund in the sign upgrading/street name sign and traffic signal installation projects. The additional $18,942.00 will come from other capital projects that are spending less than budgeted. Actual funds will be available as a result of the Fall 2005 bond sale. This ordinance authorizes an expenditure of $493,941.00.

The division was authorized to spend $808,706.00 for these and similar commodities in 2003 (Ordinances 0831-2003 and 1667-2003); $325,250.50 in 2004 (Ordinances 0265-2004, 0313-2004 and 0545-2004) and $1,009,737.00 year-to-date in 2005 (Ordinances 0289-2005 and 1792-2005-pending).

Emergency action is requested to provide for an uninterrupted supply of these commodities that are critical to the division's programs that promote and enhance pedestrian and motorist safety and traffic control.


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