Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This legislation authorizes the appropriation and expenditure of funds to support the performance of construction administration and inspection services relative to the completion of the SR 315 at North Broadway - OhioHealth Parkway project.
Administered by OhioHealth Corporation (OhioHealth), the aforementioned project encompasses widening, reconstructing, and extending an existing public street to West North Broadway. Ordinance 0780-2018 authorized the Department of Public Service to enter into a Construction Guaranteed Maximum Reimbursement Agreement with OhioHealth for this project. The Department of Public Service will be performing construction administration and inspection services relative to that effort. The purpose of this legislation is to provide the requisite funding for those services.
2. FISCAL IMPACT
Funding in the amount of $147,100.86 is available for this expenditure in the Streets and Highways Bond Fund. An amendment of the 2018 Capital Improvement Budget is necessary to establish sufficient budget authority for this project.
3. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION
Emergency action is requested so as to prevent unnecessary delays in the completion of the aforementioned project.
Title
To amend the 2018 Capital Improvement Budget; to authorize the expenditure of $147,100.86 from the Streets and Highways Bond Fund to pay construction administration and inspection expenses for the SR 315 at North Broadway - OhioHealth Parkway project; and to declare an emergency. ($147,100.86)
Body
WHEREAS, OhioHealth Corporation is overseeing the construction of the SR 315 at North Broadway - OhioHealth Parkway project, which encompasses widening, reconstructing, and extending an existing public street to West North Broadway; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Public Service will be performing construction administration and inspection services relative to that effort; and
WHEREAS, this legislation authorizes the appropriation and expenditure of funds in the amount of $147,100.86 to support the aforementioned services; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to amend the 2018 Capital Improvement Budget to establish sufficient budget authority; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Service in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the appropriation and expenditure of requisite funds to support the performance of construction administration and inspection services in order to maintain the current project schedule, thereby preserving 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 2018 Capital Improvements Budget authorized by Ordinance 1010-2018 be amended as follows to establish sufficient authority for this project:
Fund / Project / Project Name / Current / Change / Amended
7704 / P441759-200000 / SR 315 at North Broadway - Area Infrastructure Improvements (Voted 2016 Debt SIT Supported) / $20,656,484.00 / ($147,101.00) / $20,509,383.00
7704 / P441759-100008 / SR 315 at North Broadway - OhioHealth Parkway (Voted 2016 Debt SIT Supported) / $0.00 / $147,101.00 / $147,101.00
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $147,100.86, or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized in Fund 7704 (Streets and Highways Bond Fund), Dept-Div 59-12 (Division of Design and Construction), Project P441759-100008 (SR 315 at North Broadway - OhioHealth Parkway), Object Class 06 (Capital Outlay) 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 to be 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.