City of Columbus - File #: 0673-2011

• File #: 0673-2011
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 4/20/2011
• In control: Finance Committee
• On agenda: 5/2/2011
• Final action: 5/2/2011
• Title: To authorize the Finance and Management Director to enter into contract on behalf of the Office of Construction Management with Messer Construction for construction of compressed natural gas infrastructure for the City of Columbus at 4211 Groves Road; to authorize and direct the City Auditor to transfer $1,590,000.00 from the Special Income Tax Fund to the Fleet Management Bond Fund; to authorize the expenditure of $414,223.00 from the ARRA Clean Cities Grant Fund; to authorize the expenditure not to exceed $2,449,777.00 from the Fleet Management Bond Fund; to amend the 2011 Capital Improvement Budget to establish sufficient budget authority to cover the expenditure upon passage of this ordinance; and to declare an emergency. ($2,864,000.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/4/2011	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
5/3/2011	1	MAYOR	Signed
5/2/2011	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
5/2/2011	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
4/22/2011	1	EBOCO Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
4/22/2011	1	ODI DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
4/22/2011	1	Finance Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
4/21/2011	1	Finance Drafter	Sent for Approval
4/21/2011	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
4/21/2011	1	Finance Drafter	Sent for Approval
4/21/2011	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
4/21/2011	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
4/21/2011	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
4/21/2011	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
4/21/2011	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
4/21/2011	1	Finance Drafter	Sent for Approval
4/21/2011	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
4/21/2011	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
4/21/2011	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
4/21/2011	1	Finance Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation

Background: This ordinance authorizes the Finance and Management Director to enter into a contract on behalf of the Office of Construction Management with Messer Construction for the construction of a compressed natural gas fueling station at 4211 Groves Road. The fueling station will provide rapid and reliable dispensing of compressed natural gas (CNG) to begin to grow a fleet of energy efficient CNG-fueled vehicles. This ordinance also authorizes the "retrofitting" of the facility on 4211 Groves Road to enable the Fleet Management Division to store and maintain dedicated CNG units inside the facility safely.

The City of Columbus, Finance and Management Department, Fleet Management Division, was awarded a grant from the United States Department of Energy (DOE) through the local Clean Cities Coalition designee, Clean Fuels Ohio. The funding opportunity is titled "Clean Cities FY09 Petroleum Reduction Technologies Projects for the Transportation Sector", Area of Interest 4, and was created through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to fund cost-shared projects that expand the use of alternative fueled vehicles and advanced technology vehicles as well as the installation or acquisition of infrastructure necessary to directly support an alternative fueled vehicle or advanced technology vehicle. Ordinance No. 0540-2010, passed April 14, 2010, authorized the Finance and Management Director to enter into a contract with Clean Fuels Ohio and to accept and appropriate the grant. This grant will be used to complete construction of the CNG fueling station, including retrofitting of the facility for safety measures.

The City of Columbus will be receiving 23 CNG heavy-duty vehicles in 2011, which will rely on this fueling station for fuel. This will be the only CNG fueling station in the Columbus area with the capacity to fuel this number of CNG heavy-duty vehicles. This equipment enables the station to be "fast-fill," meaning that v...