Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a contract with the Columbus Regional Airport Authority (CRAA) to reimburse CRAA for a portion of the costs associated with CRAA’s construction of the Lockbourne Intermodal Pump Station (SA-19) (the Pump Station) and to take ownership and assume the operation and maintenance of the Pump Station. CRAA constructed the Pump Station to support the development of the Intermodal Facility adjacent to the Rickenbacker International Airport. The City owns, operates, and maintains sewer infrastructure in the vicinity of the Intermodal Facility, and this infrastructure benefits from and utilizes the Pump Station. In recognition of this, and in order to support the further development of the Intermodal Facility, DPU and CRAA have agreed that DPU will reimburse CRAA $300,000.00 for a portion of the costs associated with CRAA’s construction of the Pump Station and will take ownership and assume the operation and maintenance of the Pump Station.
CONTRACT COMPLIANCE: Columbus Regional Airport Authority (CRAA) Tax ID 31-1335829 | DAX #005092
CRAA is a governmental agency and does not need to be contract compliant.
FISCAL IMPACT: There are sufficient funds within the Sanitary Sewer Permanent Improvement Fund 6115 for this expenditure. A transfer within Fund 6115 and an amendment to the 2017 Capital Improvement Budget is necessary to align the cash, authority and expenditure for this reimbursement contract.
Title
To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a contract with the Columbus Regional Airport Authority (CRAA) to reimburse CRAA for a portion of the costs associated with CRAA’s construction of the Lockbourne Intermodal Pump Station (SA-19) (the Pump Station) and to take ownership and assume the operation and maintenance of the Pump Station; to appropriate, transfer, and expend up to $300,000.00 within the Sanitary Sewer Permanent Improvement Fund; and to amend the 2017 Capital Improvement Budget. ($300,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the Columbus Regional Airport Authority (CRAA) constructed the Lockbourne Intermodal Pump Station (SA-19) (the Pump Station) to support the development of the Intermodal Facility adjacent to the Rickenbacker International Airport; and
WHEREAS, the City owns, operates, and maintains sewer infrastructure in the vicinity of the Intermodal Facility that is benefited from and utilizes the Pump Station; and
WHEREAS, in recognition of the benefit of the Pump Station to the City’s sewer infrastructure and in order to support the further development of the Intermodal Facility, the City has agreed to reimburse CRAA $300,000.00 for a portion of CRAA’s costs associated with the construction of the Pump Station and to take ownership and to take ownership and assume the operation and maintenance of the Pump Station; and
WHEREAS, it has become necessary in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Utilities to authorize the Director to enter into a contract with the CRAA to reimburse CRAA for a portion of the costs associated with CRAA’s construction of the Pump Station and to take ownership and to assume the operation and maintenance of the Pump Station 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 contract with the Columbus Regional Airport Authority (CRAA), 4600 International Gateway, Columbus, Ohio 43219 to reimburse CRAA up to $300,000.00 for a portion of CRAA’s costs associated with the construction of the Lockbourne Intermodal Pump Station (SA-19) (the Pump Station) and to take ownership and assume the operation and maintenance of the Pump Station.
SECTION 2. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to appropriate $300,000.00 within the Sanitary Sewer Permanent Improvement Fund 6115 as detailed in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized to transfer within and expend up to $300,000.00 within the Sanitary Permanent Improvement Fund 6115 as detailed in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 4. That the 2017 Capital Improvements Budget is hereby amended as follows:
Fund # | Project No. | Project Name | Current Authority | Revised Authority | Change
6115 | 671999-100000 | Unallocated Balance Fund 671 | $329,942 | $29,942 | (-$300,000) carryover
6115 | 671200-100000 | CRAA Lockbourne Intermodal Pump Station Reimbursement | $0 | $300,000 | +$300,000 carryover
SECTION 5. That the expenditure of $300,000.00 or so much of thereof as may be needed is hereby authorized in Fund 6115 - Sanitary Sewer Permanent Improvement Fund, in Object Class 06, Capital Outlay, per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 6. 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 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 no longer required for said project.
SECTION 8. 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 9. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.