Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a new twenty-five (25) year contract for water service with the City of Groveport, Ohio.
FISCAL IMPACT: The Department of Public Utilities will collect revenue from water rates as specified for Outside City Rates in Chapter 1105 of the Columbus City Code.
Title
To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a contract with the City of Groveport, Ohio to provide water service and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, the City of Columbus and the City of Groveport entered into a water service agreement on November 11, 1992; and
WHEREAS, the water service agreement will expire on November 10, 2014; and
WHEREAS, the City of Columbus and the City of Groveport desire to enter into a new water service agreement without delay; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Utilities, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a water service agreement with the City of Groveport, Ohio for the preservation of public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of Public Utilities is hereby authorized to enter into a new twenty-five (25) year contract with the City of Groveport to provide water service.
SECTION 2. That for reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this Ordinance is 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 passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.