City of Columbus - File #: 2450-2018

• File #: 2450-2018
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 8/31/2018
• In control: Public Service & Transportation Committee
• On agenda: 9/24/2018
• Final action: 9/25/2018
• Title: To authorize and direct the City Auditor to appropriate funds within the Special Income Tax Fund and the Streets and Highways Bond Fund; to authorize the City Auditor to transfer cash and appropriation between the Special Income Tax Fund and the Streets and Highway Bonds Fund; to authorize the City Auditor to cancel the Auditor’s Certificate associated with Ordinance 1951-2018 and to establish a new Auditor’s Certificate to support the expenditure contemplated in this ordinance; to authorize the Director of Public Service to enter into a Reimbursement Agreement with OhioHealth Corporation in connection with the SR-315 at North Broadway - Interchange Project 2; to authorize the expenditure of up to $1,600,000.00 within the Streets and Highways Bond Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($1,600,000.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/27/2018	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
9/25/2018	1	MAYOR	Returned Unsigned
9/24/2018	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
9/24/2018	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass

Explanation

1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance seeks authorization for the Director of Public Service to enter into a Reimbursement Agreement with OhioHealth Corporation (”OhioHealth”) in the amount of up to $1,600,000.00 for costs associated with purchasing steel necessary for the completion of the SR-315 at North Broadway - Interchange Project 2 (the “Project”).

The Project will be the next phase of improvements to the SR-315, West North Broadway, and Olentangy River Road interchange and encompasses the construction of a new bridge carrying SR-315 over a new southbound ramp to West North Broadway, and various improvements to the SR-315 northbound exit to West North Broadway, the intersection of Olentangy River Road and Thomas Lane/SR-315 southbound exit ramp, and the intersection of West North Broadway and the driveway to Riverside Methodist Hospital.

The City anticipates opening bids for the Project in October 2018 and issuing a Notice to Proceed in November 2018. The steel girders, bearings, and miscellaneous accessories needed to complete the Project currently have a six to nine month lead time from placement of order to delivery. For the newly constructed ramp to be opened to traffic in July 2019, the steel must be delivered by March 2019. Therefore, in an effort to meet the Project’s construction completion date, it is necessary for OhioHealth to purchase the necessary steel materials in advance of the City commencing construction of the Project.

Ordinance 1951-2018 authorized the Director of Finance and Management to enter into contract(s) on behalf of the Department of Public Service for the purchase of steel necessary for the completion of the Project and authorized the City Auditor to establish an Auditor’s Certificate in the amount of $1,600,000.00 for that purpose. Pursuant to that legislation, the Department of Finance and Management issued a formal Invitation to Bid, which generated one response. That bid exceeded the amount allocated for the afor...