Explanation
Background: This legislation authorizes the Director of Finance and Management to apply for an Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Alternative Fuel Vehicle (AFV) Conversion Grant, to enter into a Grant Agreement with the Ohio EPA, and accept the grant funds on behalf of the Department of Public Service.
This grant will partially fund the purchase of compressed natural gas up-fitting parts and services for sixteen (16) Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) refuse collection vehicles that will be purchased later in 2018. The full purchase price of these vehicles is anticipated to be approximately $5,601,168.00. These vehicles will be funded from Department of Public Service Bond Funds and will be the subject of future legislation, processed by the Department of Public Service.
The grant award will reimburse fifty percent (50%) of the CNG up fitting cost of each vehicle, which is approximately $23,224.00 each, for a total grant reimbursement of $371,584.00. The remaining cost of the vehicles and associated up-fitting will be paid from Department of Public Service Bond Funds.
The refuse trucks to be purchased and up-fit will be Automated Side Loaders (ASLs) and will be servicing residential routes in Columbus to be utilized on both 90 gallon (front/street pick-up) and 300 gallon (alley collections) container routes. The Department of Public Service anticipates these trucks being ordered by the end of 2018 and put into service during the last quarter of 2019. Submittal of final invoices for reimbursement must be made within eighteen months from the date the AFV grant agreement is executed with the Ohio EPA, unless a six-month extension has been requested and approved.
Fiscal Impact: This ordinance authorizes the acceptance and appropriation of $371,584.00 in Ohio EPA grant monies.
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To authorize the Finance and Management Director, on behalf of the Department of Public Service, to enter into a grant agreement with the Ohio Environmental P...
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