...Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to modify an agreement with the Board of Commissioners of Franklin County, Ohio to extend the duration of an existing contract to provide water service to the Village of Lockbourne. Lockbourne's water service is not changed by the modification, and no provisions other than the duration of the contract will be modified.
FISCAL IMPACT: There is no impact on the water service budget.
...Title
To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a contract modification with the Board of County Commissioners of Franklin County, Ohio to extend the duration of the contract to provide water service to the Village of Lockbourne; and to declare an emergency.
...Body
WHEREAS, in 1991, the City and the Board of County Commissioners of Franklin County, Ohio entered into a contract whereby the County would provide water service to the Village of Lockbourne (the “Water Contract”); and
WHEREAS, the Water Contract was modified on January 1, 2012; and
WHEREAS, the January 1, 2012 modification provides that the Water Contract will remain in effect until midnight on January 1, 2022; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to modify the Water Contract to extend its duration; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in that a modification of the Water Contract must be executed before the contract expires, thereby necessary to immediately preserve 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 Director of the Department of Public Utilities is hereby authorized to execute a contract modification with the Board of County Commissioners of Franklin County, Ohio to extend the duration of the contract to provide water service to the Village of Lockbourne.
SECTION 2. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is declared to be a...
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