Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to execute a planned modification of an existing agreement that originated with Ordinance # 0793-2007 with Columbus Southern Power Company, currently called the Ohio Power Company d/b/a AEP Ohio. The City of Columbus operates an electric system that provides various electric, lighting, and communications services in Franklin County. The electric infrastructure includes over 55,000 utility poles that are owned by the City Electric department. Most City of Columbus owned poles are available for use by other electric and communications providers. When other entities choose to connect their facilities to a pole owned by the City, they are obligated to pay rental for the space that they occupy on the pole.
There are three primary pole owners in Columbus, namely AEP Ohio, AT&T and the City of Columbus. The growth of all three entities has resulted in our systems becoming completely and heavily intermingled. New circuits with new routes built, old ones retired, customers switching suppliers, new areas expanded to, new equipment and technologies, etc. has involved untold numbers of poles changing ownership. And the attachments to those poles are constantly changing.
The City has a contractual obligation with AEP Ohio to participate in a pole mapping and attachment inventory that will identify the owner and attachments on every pole in the Franklin County area every five years.
Amount of additional funds to be expended: The amount of additional funds needed for the first Franklin County inventory/audit, modification #1 is $65,000.00. The total cost of the original contract and this modification #1contract is $65,000.00.
Reasons additional goods/services could not be foreseen: This planned modification to provide funding for services needed for the pole audit which must be done every five years. This is the first inventory/audit for Franklin County.
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