Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
The Division of Traffic Management utilizes pavement marking materials, sign manufacturing materials, school flashers and various traffic signal commodities throughout the city. The division can capitalize these expenses. These supplies and materials are necessary to ensure traffic safety throughout the City of Columbus. The Purchasing Office will or has completed bidding or have established universal term contracts (UTC) for the purchase of these commodities. This ordinance will also allow funding to be used to award one time bids for capital traffic commodities as necessary. It has been determined it is in the best interest of the city to purchase school flashers through the ODOT Contract 063-16.
Purchase Agreements from the following Universal Term Contract Commodity Codes will be utilized by this ordinance:
BLD - Building & Construction
TRF - Traffic Management & Control
The General Budget Reservation associated with this ordinance will be used to purchase capital traffic commodities, materials and items to be used throughout the City of Columbus.
The total cost of the commodities needed is $1,565,361.00
2. FISCAL IMPACT:
Funding for these commodities is available within the Streets and Highways G.O. Bonds Fund.
3. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION
The department requests emergency action to ensure the timely availability of commodities for installation and replacement purposes and to promote and enhance pedestrian and motorist safety.
Title
To amend the 2016 Capital Improvement Budget; to authorize the City Auditor to transfer cash and appropriation between projects within the Streets and Highways Bond Fund; to authorize the Finance and Management Director to establish purchase orders and contracts with multiple vendors for the purchase of commodities, supplies and materials for pavement marking materials, sign manufacturing materials, school flashers and various traffic signal commodities for the Division of Traffic Management...
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