Explanation
This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to extend the term of a current contract with the City of Dublin for Water Line Locating Services through the beginning of 2015. The current expiration date is December 31, 2014. This extension will allow the City of Dublin time to locate another means of obtaining this service. Due to a high volume of locating requests both within the City of Columbus and from the City of Dublin it has become necessary for the City of Columbus to stop offering this service so as to keep up with and complete its own internal locating requests. Prior to 2012, the City of Columbus, Division of Sewerage and Drainage had been providing Water Line Locating Services for the City of Dublin on an informal basis. In 2012 a contract was established as the result of the City's effort to formalize the scope of services provided, term and conditions, and pricing structure.
The City of Columbus, Division of Sewerage and Drainage will receive locate requests from the Ohio Utility Protection Service (OUPS) for underground facilities to be marked within the City of Dublin. Columbus will locate and mark, to the best of its ability, the approximate location of water lines based on GIS and as-built drawing information provided by the City of Dublin. Locating and marking of water lines shall only include the City of Dublin owned water mains and services. The point of demark for water lines shall be up to and including the curb stop. Locating of customer owned service lines is not part of this contract.
The term of this Contract shall be from January 1, 2015 through and including April 30, 2015. This contract shall not automatically renew.
FISCAL IMPACT: It is anticipated that $25,000 in revenue will be generated from this contract. The fees for this service will be billed through the Department of Public Utilities Columbus Utilities Billing System (CUBS) and will be deposited into the Sewerage Operating Fund No....
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