Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a not for profit service agreement in an amount up to $76,143.00 with the Columbus-Franklin County Finance Authority to administer a grant for the department’s C-PACE program.
Ordinance 0924-2020 authorized the Director of Public Utilities, Division of Power to accept an award of an EcoSmart Choice Sustainability Grant in the amount of $152,286.00 from American Municipal Power, Inc. (AMP). Ordinance 1309-2020 authorized half of the grant amount ($76,143.00) to be transferred to the Department of Development’s C-PACE program to help fund energy projects for commercial customers of the Division of Power.
These services provided by Columbus-Franklin County Finance Authority cannot be provided by existing city employees because these services are beyond the City’s current staffing capacity to provide.
Emergency legislation is necessary in order to complete the energy projects before winter 2022.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funds for this project are available in the Private Grant Fund 2291, G602000.
CONTRACT COMPLIANCE: The vendor number is 009436 and expires 8/12/2023.
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To authorize the appropriation and expenditure of $76,143.00 in the Private Grant fund; to authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a not for profit service agreement in an amount up to $76,143.00 with the Columbus-Franklin County Finance Authority to administer a grant for the department’s C-PACE program; and to declare an emergency. ($76,143.00)
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WHEREAS, the Director of Public Utilities, Division of Power accepted an award of an EcoSmart Choice Sustainability Grant in the amount of up to $152,286.00 from American Municipal Power, Inc. (AMP) in 2020; and
WHEREAS, half of the grant funds, $76,143.00, were allocated to the Department of Development to apply to the department’s C-PACE program’s energy projects; and
WHEREAS, the Director of the Devel...
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