Explanation
1. BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the assignment of a Department of Public Utilities, Division of Water, construction contract from Kokosing Construction Company, Inc. to Kokosing Industrial, Inc.
Due to the establishment of a holding company, Kokosing Construction Company, Inc. is spinning off its treatment plant, industrial, and marine projects as a separate affiliate company under Kokosing Industrial, Inc.
This change will reflect a company name change and Federal Identification number change for the following Department of Public Utilities, Division of Water construction contract:
690532-100000 - Hap Cremean Water Plant (HCWP) Bulk Chemical Building Improvements Project, Division of Water Contract Number 2017.
2. CONTRACT COMPLIANCE INFO:
Former Company Name: Kokosing Construction Company, Inc. | 31-1023518 | 3/7/18 | MAJ
Current Company Name: Kokosing Industrial, Inc. | 47-2946608 | 3/11/17 | MAJ
Kokosing Industrial, Inc. 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.
3. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION: Emergency designation is requested in order to cancel and re-establish the current contract and to prevent any delays in payment.
4. FISCAL IMPACT: No financial impact is anticipated. The current contract will be cancelled and re-established with identical funding.
Title
To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to modify a Department of Public Utilities, Division of Water, construction contract to change the company's name from Kokosing Construction Company, Inc. to Kokosing Industrial, Inc.; and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)
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WHEREAS, the Department of Public Utilities, Division of Water, has established a construction contract with Kokosing Construction Company, Inc.; and
WHEREAS, due to the establishment of a holding company, Kokosing Construction Company, Inc. is spinning off its treatment plant, industrial, and marine projects as a separate affiliate company under Kokosing Industrial, Inc.; and
WHEREAS, Kokosing Industrial, Inc. fully accepts the assignment of all current construction projects with the Division of Water; 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 to modify a construction contract to change the name from Kokosing Construction Company, Inc. to Kokosing Industrial, Inc., in order to re-establish the current contract and prevent a delay in performance and payments, for the immediate 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 Director of Public Utilities be and is hereby authorized to modify a construction contract to reflect the change of the company name and FID number from Kokosing Construction Company, Inc., FID #31-1023518 to Kokosing Industrial, Inc., FID #47-2946608.
SECTION 2. That this modification is in accordance with Chapter 329 of the Columbus City Code.
SECTION 3. 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.