1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Service to execute a reimbursement agreement with, and to accept payment from, the City of Groveport for work performed as part of the Signals - Signal Timing - General Engineering 2020 project.
The aforementioned effort, which is being administered by the Department of Public Service, encompasses various traffic signal corridor retiming tasks, including retiming the traffic signals on the stretch of Hamilton Road from Refugee Road to Firehouse Lane. Some of the impacted traffic signals are located within the corporate limits of Groveport, which has agreed to reimburse the Department of Public Service for retiming those traffic signals, which is estimated to cost $10,806.88.
2. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION
Emergency action is requested to allow for the execution of the necessary reimbursement agreement to occur as soon as reasonably practicable to prevent unnecessary delays in the completion of the aforementioned signal retiming tasks, which will increase safety while also reducing congestion and lowering emissions in the Hamilton Road corridor.
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To authorize the Director of the Department of Public Service to execute a reimbursement agreement with, and to accept payment from, the City of Groveport relative to the Signals - Signal Retiming - General Engineering 2020 project; and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)
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WHEREAS, the Department of Public Service is administering the Signals - Signal Timing - General Engineering 2020 project, which encompasses various traffic signal corridor retiming tasks; and
WHEREAS, as part of the aforementioned effort, the Department of Public Service intends to optimize the traffic signals located on the stretch of Hamilton Road from Refugee Road to Firehouse Lane; and
WHEREAS, some of the impacted traffic signals are located within the corporate limits of the City of Groveport, which has agreed to reimburse the Department of Public Service for retiming those traffic signals, necessitating the execution of a reimbursement agreement between the two jurisdictions; 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 passage of this legislation to allow for the execution of the necessary reimbursement agreement to occur as soon as reasonably practicable as so not to prevent unnecessary delays in the completion of the aforementioned signal retiming tasks, which will increase safety while also reducing congestion and lowering emissions in the Hamilton Road corridor, 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 Director of the Department of Public Service be and hereby is authorized to enter into agreements with, and to accept payment from, the City of Groveport relative to the completion of the Signals - Signal Retiming - General Engineering 2020 project.
SECTION 2. That the funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are deemed appropriated, and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 3. 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 4. That the City Auditor is 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 5. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is 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.