City of Columbus - File #: 0961-2020

• File #: 0961-2020
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 4/9/2020
• In control: Public Utilities Committee
• On agenda: 6/29/2020
• Final action: 7/2/2020
• Title: To accept the Memorandum of Understanding executed between representatives of the City of Columbus and the Delaware County Regional Sewer District; to authorize the Director of Public Utilities to establish a purchase order to make payments to Delaware County for sewer services provided for Fiscal Year 2020; and to authorize the expenditure of $800,000.00 from the Sewerage System Operating Fund. ($800,000.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/2/2020	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
7/1/2020	1	MAYOR	Signed
6/29/2020	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
6/29/2020	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
6/15/2020	1	Columbus City Council	Read for the First Time

Explanation

This ordinance requests authority for the Director of Public Utilities to pay Delaware County for provisions of sewer services during Fiscal Year 2020, based on an agreement entered into by the City of Columbus and Delaware County in 1991 authorized by Ordinance No. 2424-91. This agreement authorizes discharge of sewage from Delaware County into the sewer system of the City of Columbus and from the City of Columbus system into the Delaware County sewer system in order to avoid duplication of wastewater treatment. A copy of the original agreement is attached to this legislation.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was prepared in collaboration between the City of Columbus Department of Public Utilities (DPU) and Delaware County Regional Sewer District (DCRSD) to document an agreement between these two parties which are the signatories of the MOU that was signed in 2018. This MOU addresses the following issues:
1. An agreement to discontinue using flume metering devices in specific areas located within Area #1 as described in the Agreement for Sanitary Sewer Service between Delaware County and the City of Columbus signed 11/12/1991 and modified 7/12/2012 (Agreement) starting on October 1, 2018. Flume metering devices shall also not be used for any future deduct metering areas less than sixty (60) ERU’s.
2. The agreement to use 290 gpd/ERU (gallons per day per ERU) in lieu of using flow metering information for deduct billing purposes for the areas referenced in item 1 of the MOU.
3. Agreement to maintain the current practice of using flume flow meters for two specific areas discharging their sewage flows in the Area #1 Columbus sewers: It is believed by both parties that flow metering in these two areas results in more accurate readings due to their size.
4. DCRSD agreed to transfer the ownership of Polaris Discount Mart (Candlelight Lane) sewer CC-12296 to DPU at no cost on October 1, 2018, whereupon DPU would immediately assume all obligatio...