Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the City Auditor to transfer funds within the general permanent improvement fund from the unallocated portion to the newly created Human Resources Department equipment project to provide funding to purchase occupational safety management various occupational safety related items for citywide use and distribution. Examples of safety equipment may include: battery acid spill kits, AEDs with wall units and Pedi-pads, safety ladders and hatch/grab bars, and wireless /hands free communication systems.
Emergency Designation: Emergency action is requested as funds are needed immediately to purchase the items noted above to continue and enhance the citywide benefits generated from the occupational safety and health program.
FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance authorizes the expenditure of $50,000.00 within the General Permanent Improvement Fund to provide funding for the purchase of various occupational safety related items for citywide use and distribution. This ordinance also transfers funds within the General Permanent Improvement Budget for this purchase.
Title
To authorize the appropriation and transfer of funds within the General Permanent Improvement Fund; to authorize the expenditure of $50,000.00 from the General Permanent Improvement Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($50,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize the appropriation and transfer of funds within the General Permanent Improvement Fund; and
WHEREAS, there is a need to purchase various occupational safety related items for citywide use and distribution; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Human Resources in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the City Auditor make this transfer to allow for purchases to be made in a timely manner and for financial transactions to be recorded properly for the immediate preservation of 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 appropriation and transfer of $50,000.00 or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized between projects within the General Permanent Improvement Fund 7748 per the
account codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $50,000.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and is hereby authorized from the General Permanent Improvement Fund, per the accounting codes in the
attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. 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 4. 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 5. 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 6. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared 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.