Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Service to execute agreements with and to provide funding to the City of Bexley (Bexley) to support work performed during its annual resurfacing project.
Bexley plans to resurface the stretch of Gould Road from Main Street to Broad Street, the centerline of which lies on the corporate boundary between Bexley and Columbus. The Department of Public Service agrees to contribute up to $350,000.00 to support its share of estimated construction costs.
2. FISCAL IMPACT
Funding in the amount of $350,000.00 is available within the Streets and Highways Bond Fund within the Department of Public Service to support this project. An amendment to the 2019 Capital Improvement Budget is necessary for the purpose of providing sufficient spending authority for the aforementioned expenditure.
3. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION
Emergency action is requested to make requisite construction funding available as soon as reasonably practicable so as to enable the Department of Public Service to satisfy the obligation owed to Bexley in a timely manner and to prevent unnecessary delays in the completion of needed public infrastructure improvements.
Title
To amend the 2019 Capital Improvement Budget; to authorize the Director of Public Service to enter into agreements with, and provide funding to, the City of Bexley to facilitate the resurfacing of Gould Road from Main Street to Broad Street; to authorize the expenditure of up to $350,000.00 from the Streets and Highways Bond Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($350,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the City of Bexley plans on resurfacing the stretch of Gould Road from Main Street to Broad Street as part of its annual resurfacing project; and
WHEREAS, the centerline of Gould Road is on the corporate boundary between Bexley and Columbus; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Public Service agrees to bear a portion of the costs associated with the completion of the aforementioned work within Columbus corporate limits; and
WHEREAS, this legislation authorizes the Director of Public Service to execute agreements with, and to contribute funding to, Bexley for costs incurred during the completion of the aforementioned work; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize an amendment to the 2019 Capital Improvement Budget for the purpose of providing sufficient spending authority for the aforementioned project expenditures; 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 Director of Public Service to enter into agreements with, and provide funding to, the City of Bexley as soon as reasonably practicable so as to enable the Department of Public Service to satisfy the obligation owed to Bexley and to prevent unnecessary delays in the completion of needed public infrastructure improvements, 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 2019 Capital Improvement Budget authorized by Ordinance 1326-2019 be and is hereby amended to provide sufficient budget authority for the appropriate projects authorized within this ordinance as follows:
Fund / Project / Project Name / Current / Change / Amended
7704 / P530282-100117 / Resurfacing - Resurfacing Coordination with future DPU projects (Voted 2019 SIT Supported) / $1,649,298 / ($350,000.00) / $1,299,298.00
7704 / P530282-100137 / Resurfacing - Coordination with Bexley for Gould Road (Voted 2019 SIT Supported) / $0.00 / $350,000.00 / $350,000.00
SECTION 2. That the Director of Public Service be and hereby is authorized to enter into agreements with, and to make payment to, the City of Bexley relative to the resurfacing of Gould Road, which lies on the corporate boundary between Bexley and Columbus.
SECTION 3. That the expenditure of $350,000.00, or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized in Fund 7704 (Streets and Highways Bond Fund), Dept-Div 59-11 (Division of Design and Construction), Project P530282-100137 (Resurfacing - Coordination with Bexley for Gould Road), in Object Class 06 (Capital Outlay), per the account codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 4. That the funds are hereby deemed appropriated and expenditures and transfers authorized to carry out the purposes of this ordinance and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 5. 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 6. 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 7. 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.