City of Columbus - File #: 1809-2005

• File #: 1809-2005
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 10/20/2005
• In control: Public Service & Transportation Committee
• On agenda: 11/14/2005
• Final action: 11/16/2005
• Title: To appropriate $10,000.00 within the General Permanent Improvement Fund; to authorize the City Attorney to expend $10,000.00 from this Fund for any remaining expenses for the North High Street Bridge Enhancement ("Cap") project for the Transportation Division and to declare an emergency. ($10,000.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/16/2005	1	MAYOR	Signed
11/16/2005	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
11/14/2005	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
11/14/2005	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
10/31/2005	1	City Clerk's Office	Sent back for Clarification/Correction
10/31/2005	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
10/31/2005	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
10/31/2005	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
10/28/2005	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
10/28/2005	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
10/28/2005	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
10/28/2005	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
10/28/2005	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
10/28/2005	1	Auditor Reviewer	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
10/27/2005	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
10/27/2005	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
10/27/2005	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
10/26/2005	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
10/21/2005	1	Service Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
10/20/2005	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation
The Public Service Department, Transportation Division, routinely legislates capital improvement expenditures and City Council endorses these expenditures by virtue of passage of appropriate legislation. The Division reviews old authorizations on an ongoing basis to determine if these are still relevant and whether the funds are still needed. If no longer needed the financial documents are cancelled and the remaining monies revert back to the unencumbered balance of the Fund from which they originally came. These cancelled monies are then available for other uses, again if authorized by legislation passed by Council.

Very occasionally, documents are inadvertently canceled prematurely, before the work has been completed. Such a situation occurred in 2003 with the cancellation of $2,065.00 from Auditor's Certificate AC800483, previously established in connection with the North High Street Bridge Enhancement project--the High Street "Cap". The City Attorney's Office, Real Estate Division, has recently indicated there was still a need for this and some additional money. These monies will be used for legal fees, court costs and publication charges in addition to services performed by the Real Estate Division.

This ordinance appropriates $10,000.00 within the General Permanent Improvement Fund and authorizes its expenditure by the City Attorney's Office, Real Estate Division, for a remaining and as yet unpaid expenses in connection with this project.

Fiscal Impact: Unappropriated cash to support this expenditure exists within the Transportation Division's General Permanent Improvement Fund.

Emergency action is requested to reauthorize the cancelled funds as soon as possible to allow the City Attorney's Office, Real Estate Division, to satisfy outstanding liabilities and related project tasks.



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To appropriate $10,000.00 within the General Permanent Improvement Fund; to authorize the City Attorney to expend $10,000.00 from t...