Explanation
Background: The following is an ordinance to authorize the City Attorney to acquire fee simple title, contract for professional services, and to expend the monies for payment of acquisition costs in connection with the Shattuck and Clearview Storm Sewer Project.
Fiscal Impact: The Department of Public Utilities, Division of Sewerage and Drainage, has determined funding for this project will be from the Voted Storm Sewer Bond Fund.
Emergency Justification:
Emergency action is requested to allow the acquisition of the parcels necessary for this project to proceed without delay in order to commence construction as soon as possible.
Title
To authorize the City Attorney to acquire fee simple title and contract for professional services; to authorize the transfer of $9,066.00 within the Storm Sewer Bond Fund; to amend the 2008 Capital Improvements Budget; and to expend $26,650.00 from the Voted Storm Sewer Bond Fund for costs in connection with the Shattuck and Clearview Storm Sewer Project, and to declare an emergency. ($26,650.00).
(AMENDED BY ORD. 1391-2008 PASSED 9/08/2008)
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WHEREAS, the City of Columbus is engaged in the Shattuck and Clearview Storm Sewer Project; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary for this Council to authorize the City Auditor to transfer funds within the Voted Storm Sewer Bond Fund; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize an amendment to the 2008 Capital Improvements Budget for purposes of providing sufficient budget authority for the aforementioned project expenditure; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Utilities, Division of Sewerage and Drainage, in that it is immediately necessary to allow the acquisition of the parcels necessary for this project to proceed without delay in order to commence construction as soon as possible for the preservation of the public health, peace, property and safety; now, therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That the City Auditor be and hereby is authorized to transfer a total of $9,066.00 from within the Storm Sewer Bond Fund No. 685| Division 60-15| Object Level Three No. 6601:
From:
Proj. 610756| East 25th/Joyce Avenue SSI| OCA No. 685001| $3,066.00
Proj. 611016| Stormwater Green Initiative| OCA No. 681016| $6,000.00
To:
Proj. 610768| Shattuck/Clearview Storm Sewer | OCA No. 685768| $9,066.00
Section 2. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to transfer any unencumbered balance in the project account to the unallocated balance account within the same fund upon receipt of certification by the Director of the Department administering said project that the project has been completed and the monies are no longer required for said project; except that no transfer shall be so made from a project account funded by monies from more than one source.
Section 3. That the City Auditor is authorized to establish proper project accounting numbers as appropriate.
Section 4. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all contracts or contract modifications associated with this Ordinance.
Section 5. That the City Attorney be, and hereby is, authorized to acquire fee simple title in and to certain parcels of real estate and to contract for the professional services necessary in connection with the Shattuck and Clearview Storm Sewer Project, 610768.
Section 6. That the expenditure of $26,650.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary from the Voted Storm Sewer Bond Fund, for the appropriation of said real property interests determined to be necessary for the stated public purpose be and hereby is authorized as follows: Fund #685, Object Level Three 6601, Shattuck and Clearview Storm Sewer Project, Project #610768, Dept./Div.#60-15, OCA Code 685001.
Section 7. That the 2008 Capital Improvements Budget Ordinance No. 0690-2008 is hereby amended as follows, to provide sufficient budget authority for the expenditures stated in Section 6 herein.
Proj. No. | Proj. Name | Current Authority | Revised Authority | (Amount of change)
610756 | East 25th/Joyce Avenue SSI | $207,449 | $204,383 | (-$3,066)
611016 | Stormwater Green Initiative | $176,688 | $170,688 | (-$6,000)
610768 | Shattuck and Clearview Storm Sewer | $592,584 | $601,650 | (+$9,066)
Section 8. That for the reasons state in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor or ten days after its passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.