City of Columbus - File #: 2838-2012

• File #: 2838-2012
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 12/6/2012
• In control: Public Utilities Committee
• On agenda: 2/4/2013
• Final action: 2/6/2013
• Title: To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into contract with the Operator Training Committee of Ohio, for utility operations and maintenance training, in accordance with the sole source provisions of the Columbus City Code, for the Department of Public Utilities, and to authorize the expenditure of $3,660.00 from the Electricity Operating Fund, $26,100.00 from the Sewerage System Operating Fund , $6,960.00 from the Storm Sewer Operating Fund and $23,280.00 from the Water Systems Operating Fund. ($60,000.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/6/2013	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
2/5/2013	1	MAYOR	Signed
2/4/2013	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
2/4/2013	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
1/28/2013	1	Columbus City Council	Read for the First Time

Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a contract with Operator Training Committee of Ohio (OTCO) for utility operations and maintenance training. This ordinance is being submitted in accordance with City Code Section 329.07 (e); Sole Source.

The Department of Public Utilities requires the operators at that treatment plants and distribution system to be licensed by the State of Ohio. The employees receive specialized utility operations and maintenance training through the Operator Training Committee of Ohio (OTCO). OTCO is the State of Ohio's Environmental Training Center under the Clean Water Act. For this reason, the Department of Public Utilities requests to enter into a sole-source contract with the Operator Training Committee of Ohio for specialized utility operations and maintenance training for department personnel, in the amount of $60,000.00. The contract will run through March 31, 2014.


VENDOR: Operator Training Committee of Ohio (OTCO); 31-6065198; Non-Profit Organziation.

The company is not debarred according to the Excluded Party Listing System of the Federal Government or prohibited from being awarded a contract according to the Auditor of State Unresolved Findings for Recovery Certified Search.

FISCAL IMPACT: $60,000.00 is budgeted and needed for this purchase. This ordinance is contingent on the passage of the 2013 operating budget, which is Ordinance 2631-2012.

Expenditures for OTCO training in the Department of Public Utilities in 2011 were $58,574.75.
Expenditures for OTCO training in the Department of Public Utilities in 2010 were $23,657.00.

Title
To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into contract with the Operator Training Committee of Ohio, for utility operations and maintenance training, in accordance with the sole source provisions of the Columbus City Code, for the Department of Public Utilities, and to authorize the expenditure of $3,660.00 from...