Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Public Utilities to enter into new water and sanitary sewer service agreements with the City of Dublin, Ohio.
An existing Economic Development Agreement between Columbus and Dublin is being amended to include additional acres within Franklin County. As a result of this amendment, new water and sanitary sewer service agreements with the City of Dublin, Ohio must be established to include the additional service area and to establish conditions and requirements for the provision of water and sanitary sewer service to the additional area. Emergency action is requested in order to align the timing of execution of the Economic Development Agreement with the water and sanitary sewer service agreements.
FISCAL IMPACT: This legislation involves no direct cost. However, increased revenue will be realized in the future as new water and sanitary sewer services are provided by the City of Columbus Department of Public Utilities to the additional acres in Franklin County.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Public Utilities to enter into new water and sewer sanitary sewer service agreements with the City of Dublin, Ohio, and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, the City of Columbus intends to amend an existing Economic Development Agreement with the City of Dublin to expand the Agreement’s new revenue/equity sharing area to include additional acres within Franklin County; and
WHEREAS, in order to service the additional revenue/equity sharing area, new water and sanitary sewer service agreements with the City of Dublin, Ohio are required to include the service area and to establish conditions and requirements for the provision of water and sanitary sewer service to the additional area; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Utilities, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into new water and sanitary sewer service agreements with the City of Dublin, Ohio to include additional services areas, align with the timing of the economic development agreement, and to allow these agreements to proceed without delay, for the preservation of the public peace, property, health 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 authorized to enter into new water and sanitary sewer service agreements with the City of Dublin to provide for service of the new revenue/equity sharing area within Franklin County, as provided for in the Economic Development Agreement with the City of Dublin, Ohio, and to establish conditions and requirements for the provision of water and sanitary sewer service to this area.
SECTION 2. 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.