Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Finance and Management Director to enter into a contract on behalf of the Office of Construction Management with S. G. Loewendick & Sons, Inc. for the demolition at 5115 Krieger Court.
Under this phase of the project, the existing structures at 5115 Krieger Court will be demolished to begin the development of this site as the home of the CNG West Fueling Complex. When constructed, the fueling station will provide rapid and reliable dispensing of CNG for energy efficient CNG-fueled vehicles, and like the Groves and Morse Road CNG Stations, this station will be a public facility whereby consumers using a credit card will be able to purchase CNG. Additionally, this complex will also provide diesel and unleaded gas to city vehicles only.
CNG vehicles produce significantly lower amounts of harmful emissions such as nitrogen oxides, particulate matter, and toxic and carcinogenic pollutants. Natural gas is a domestically available, inherently clean burning fuel. Using compressed natural gas as vehicle fuel increases energy security by reducing our dependence on foreign oil and improves public health and the environment. Currently, CNG is also significantly lower in cost than either gasoline or diesel.
Formal bids were solicited and the City received five bids on April 24, 2015 as follows (0 FBE, 0 MBE):
S. G. Loewendick & Sons, Inc. $32,180.00
Watson General Contracting LLC. $36,750.00
Maiher Demolition & Salvage $42,400.00
Pinnacle Construction $57,324.00
Rain Brothers, LLC. $79,500.00
The Office of Construction Management recommends that the bid be made to the most responsive and responsible bidder, S. G. Loewendick & Sons.
Emergency action is requested to complete this project in warmer weather and to ensure the overall security/safety of this site by removing this old and outdated structure.
S. G. Loewendick & Sons Contract Compliance No. 31-4420502, expiration date August 13, 2015.
Fiscal Impact: The cost of this contract is $32,180.00. This legislation amends the 2015 Capital Improvement Fund and transfer funds between projects within the Fleet Capital Improvement Fund.
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To amend the 2015 Capital Improvement Budget; to authorize the City Auditor to transfer funds between projects within the Fleet Capital Improvement Fund; to authorize the Finance and Management Director to enter into a contract, on behalf of the Office of Construction Management, with S. G. Loewendick & Sons for the demolition at 5115 Krieger Court; to authorize the expenditure of $32,180.00 from the Fleet Capital Improvement Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($32,180.00)
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WHEREAS, it is necessary to amend the 2015 Capital Improvement Budget and to transfer cash between projects within the Fleet Capital Improvement Fund; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Finance and Management, Office of Construction Management, solicited formal bids and the city received five bids for the demolition at 5115 Krieger Court to begin the development of this site as the home of the CNG West Fueling Complex; and
WHEREAS, the Department desires to enter into a contract with the lowest, best, most responsive, responsible bidder, S.G. Loewendick & Sons; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Finance and Management Department, Office of Construction Management, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director to enter into a contract with S. G. Loewendick & Sons for the demolition at 5115 Krieger Court, thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare; now, therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the 2015 Capital Improvement Budget be amended as follows:
Fund 513-004
Project / Project Name / Current C.I.B. / Amendment Amount / C.I.B. as amended
550006 - 100000 / CNG at 2nd City Location/(Carryover)/$736,410/($32,180)/$704,230
550006 - 100005 / CNG West - Station Construction/(Carryover)/$0/32,180/$32,180
SECTION 2. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized to transfer funding within the Fleet Capital Improvement Fund as follows:
FROM:
Dept./Div.: 45-05|Fund: 513|Subfund: 004|OCA Code: 513006|Project Number: 550006-100000|Project Name: CNG at 2nd City Location|Obj. Level 1: 06|Obj. Level 3: 6620|Amount: $32,180.00
TO:
Dept./Div.: 45-05|Fund: 513|Subfund: 004|OCA Code: 513605|Project Number: 550006-100005|Project Name: CNG West - Station Construction|Obj. Level 1: 06|Obj. Level 3: 6620|Amount: $32,180.00
SECTION 3. That the Finance and Management Director is hereby authorized and directed to enter into a contract, on behalf of the Office of Construction Management, with S. G. Loewendick & Sons for the demolition at 5115 Krieger Court.
SECTION 4. That the expenditure of $32,180.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary in regard to the action authorized in SECTION 3, be and is hereby authorized and approved as follows:
Division: 45-05
Fund: 513
Subfund: 004
Project: 550006-100005
OCA Code: 513605
Object Level 1: 06
Object Level 3: 6620
Amount: $32,180.00
SECTION 5. That the funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are hereby deemed appropriated, and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 6. 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 7. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized to transfer the unencumbered balance in a 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.
SECTION 8. That for the reasons stated 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 passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.