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Meeting Name: Columbus City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 9/22/2008 5:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: City Council Chambers, Rm 231
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
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C0029-2008 1 CommunicationTHE FOLLOWING COMMUNICATIONS WERE RECEIVED IN THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AS OF WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2008: New Type: C1, C2 To: 1951 Lockbourne Inc DBA Johnsons Discount Market 1945 Lockbourne Rd Columbus OH 43207 Permit # 6548370 New Type: D2 To: Charles F Brown DBA High Street Tavern 1409-11 S High St 1st Flr / Bsmt & Patio Columbus OH 43207 Permit # 09986500010 New Type: D1 To: CH Inc Near Polaris Rave Theater Gemini Place Columbus OH 43240 Permit # 11643750100 New Type: D5 To: Art Auctions Inc DBA Art Auctions Inc 2894 E Main St Columbus OH 43209 Permit # 0274000 New Type: D5 To: Daniel L Pizzurro DBA El Grotto 2324 W Broad St 1st Fl & Bsmt Only Columbus OH 43204 Permit # 69524490070 New Type: D5 To: Daniel L Pizzurro DBA Westside Bar 2422 W Broad St 1st Fl Only Columbus OH 43204 Permit # 69524490065 Stock Type: C1, C2, D6 To: 1848 E Main Inc DBA Beverage Warehouse 1848 E Main St Columbus OH 43205 Permit # 2455352 Advertise: 09/27/2008 Return: 10/01/2008Read and Filed  Action details
0171X-2008 1 ResolutionTo Recognize the American Cancer Society's Making Strides Against Breast Cancer 5K Walk on Sunday, October 5th, 2008.AdoptedPass Action details
0173X-2008 1 ResolutionTo enthusiastically endorse Issue 75 and continue Columbus City Council's support for Columbus City Schools.AdoptedPass Action details
1458-2008 1FROrdinanceTo authorize and direct the City Auditor to enter into contract with the Northern Pickaway County Joint Economic Development District for the City of Columbus to administer and collect the income tax of said Joint Economic Development District.Read for the First Time  Action details
0798-2008 1FROrdinanceTo authorize and direct the Director of Public Safety to modify and increase funds to the current contract for computer access for investigative record searches with LexisNexis Risk & Information Analysis for the Division of Police; and to authorize the expenditure of $10,480.00 from the Law Enforcement Contraband Seizure Funds; ($10,480.00)Read for the First Time  Action details
1343-2008 1FROrdinanceTo authorize the Director of Finance and Management to establish a purchase order with Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. for the purchase of Replacement Pumps & Motors for the Blacklick Booster Station for the Division of Power and Water, and to authorize the expenditure of $60,225.54 from the Water System Operating Fund. ($60,225.54)Read for the First Time  Action details
1344-2008 1FROrdinanceTo authorize the Director of Finance and Management to establish a purchase order with Utility Truck Equipment, Inc. for the purchase of a 50 foot bucket truck for the Division of Power and Water, and to authorize the expenditure of $169,040.00 from the Electricity Operating Fund. ($169,040.00)Read for the First Time  Action details
1353-2008 1FROrdinanceTo authorize the Director of Finance and Management to establish a blanket purchase order for Low, Medium and High Voltage Power Cables from an established Universal Term Contract with Consolidated Electrical Distributors, Inc. for the Division of Power and Water and to authorize the expenditure of $96,302.50 from the Electricity Operating Fund. ($96,302.50)Read for the First Time  Action details
1400-2008 1FROrdinanceTo authorize the Director of Finance and Management to establish a blanket purchase order to purchase Aluminum, Fiberglass and Cast Iron Poles and Aluminum Bases and Brackets for the Division of Power and Water, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the universal term contract with the John A. Becker Company and to authorize the expenditure of $125,000.00 from the Electricity Operating Fund. ($125,000.00)Read for the First Time  Action details
1406-2008 1FROrdinanceTo authorize the Director of Finance and Management to establish a purchase order with Tri County Ford-Mercury Inc. for the purchase of 4 one ton pick up 4WD single rear wheel trucks and related items, for the Division of Power and Water, and to authorize the expenditure of $121,318.00 from the Water System Operating Fund. ($121,318.00)Read for the First Time  Action details
1421-2008 1FROrdinanceTo rezone 4943 NORTH HIGH STREET (43214), being 0.68± acres located at the northwest corner of North High Street and Rathbone Avenue, From: AR-1, Apartment Residential and CPD, Commercial Planned Development Districts, To: CPD, Commercial Planned Development District (Rezoning # Z08-034). Read for the First Time  Action details
1273-2008 1FROrdinanceTo rezone 1065 GEORGESVILLE ROAD (43228), being 0.73± acres located on the west side of Georgesville Road, 500± feet south of Clime Road, From: R, Rural District, To: L-C-3, Limited Commercial District (Rezoning # Z06-062). Read for the First Time  Action details
1415-2008 1CAOrdinanceTo authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and Management to amend the existing lease with Jaeger Commerce Park Ltd. Partnership to provide for a four (4) month lease renewal and reduce the size of the leased space from 24,000 to 9,408 square feet for continued occupancy by the Department of Public Safety; to authorize the expenditure of $15,209.60 from the Special Income Tax Fund; and to declare an emergency.ApprovedPass Action details
1480-2008 1CAOrdinanceTo authorize and direct the Finance and Management Director to modify a universal term contract with High Street Anchor Parking LLC for the option to obtain additional Rental Parking Spaces; and to declare an emergency.ApprovedPass Action details
0156X-2008 1CAResolutionTo authorize the Director of Public Utilities, on behalf of the Division of Power and Water, to cause plans and specifications to be prepared for installing ornamental street lighting with underground wiring in Preston Road under the assessment procedure, and to declare an emergency. AdoptedPass Action details
1322-2008 1CAOrdinanceTo authorize the Director of Public Utilities to modify and increase the professional engineering services contract with Stantec Consulting Services, Inc. (fka R.Z. Zande & Associates, Inc.), to provide for redesign of the Griggs Booster Station Project; for the Division of Power and Water; to amend the 2008 Capital Improvements Budget; and to authorize a transfer and expenditure of $110,000.00 within the Water Works Enlargement Voted Bonds Fund. ($110,000.00)ApprovedPass Action details
1342-2008 1CAOrdinanceTo authorize the Director of Finance and Management to establish a purchase order for the purchase of one (1) John Deere Backhoe Loader and Trailer in accordance with a State of Ohio contracts with Nortrax Great Lakes Inc. for the Division of Power and Water, to authorize the expenditure of $100,282.74 from the Water System Operating Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($100,282.74)ApprovedPass Action details
1345-2008 1CAOrdinanceTo amend Ordinance #1039-2007, passed on July 23, 2007 to modify the grantee name associated with the conservation easement; and to declare an emergency.ApprovedPass Action details
1346-2008 1CAOrdinanceTo authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a cooperative agreement with the Geological Survey, United States Department of Interior, for Investigation of Water Resources in Central Ohio, and Ground Water Levels in Franklin County for the Division of Power and Water, and the Scioto River at Columbus for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage; to authorize and direct the City Auditor to transfer $253,351.00 between Object Levels within the Water System Operating Fund; and to authorize the expenditure of $345,051.00. ($345,051.00).ApprovedPass Action details
1355-2008 1CAOrdinanceTo authorize the Director of Finance and Management to establish a purchase order with Byers Ford for the purchase of a Diesel Powered Cab and Chassis with 12 Foot Stake Body, for the Division of Power and Water, and to authorize the expenditure of $43,278.00 from the Water System Operating Fund. ($43,278.00)ApprovedPass Action details
1359-2008 1CAOrdinanceTo authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into an agreement with the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) for the Division of Power and Water and the Division of Sewerage and Drainage to conduct a Watershed Action Plan for the Blacklick Creek Watershed; to authorize and direct the City Auditor to transfer $21,000.00 between Object Levels within the Water System Operating Fund; and to authorize the expenditure of $21,000.00 from the Sewer System Operating Fund and $21,000.00 from the Water System Operating Fund. ($42,000.00).ApprovedPass Action details
1367-2008 1CAOrdinanceTo authorize the Director of Finance and Management to establish a purchase order with National Pump & Process Inc. for the purchase of a Vertical Centrifugal Wet-Pit Pump w/Motor, for the Division of Power and Water, and to authorize the expenditure of $85,000.00 from the Water System Operating Fund. ($85,000.00)ApprovedPass Action details
1369-2008 1CAOrdinanceTo authorize the Director of Finance to establish Blanket Purchase Orders for Heating Oil from an established State of Ohio Cooperative Purchase Contract with BP Products North America Inc. for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage and to authorize the expenditure of $625,000.00 from the Sewerage System Operating Fund ($625,000.00)ApprovedPass Action details
1371-2008 1CAOrdinanceTo authorize the Finance and Management Director to establish a Blanket Purchase Order, for Steel Products, from an established Universal Term Contract, with Benjamin Steel Company Inc., for the Division of Power and Water, and to authorize the expenditure of $20,000.00 from Water Systems Operating Fund. ($20,000.00)ApprovedPass Action details
1373-2008 1CAOrdinanceTo authorize the Director of Public Utilities to execute a final contract modification with Kokosing Construction Company, Inc. for the Southerly Wastewater Treatment Plant New Headworks Project; to authorize the transfer of $450,000.00 from within the Voted Sanitary Sewer Bond Fund; to amend the 2008 Capital Improvements Budget; to authorize the expenditure of $450,000.00 within the Voted Sanitary Sewer Bond Fund for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage; and to declare an emergency. ($450,000.00).ApprovedPass Action details
1384-2008 1CAOrdinanceTo authorize the Director of Public Utilities to modify and increase the construction contract with American Suncraft Construction Co. due to unforeseen conditions found during sandblasting on the East Broad Street South water tank; for the Division of Power and Water; to amend the 2008 Capital Improvements Budget; to authorize a transfer and expenditure of $68,268.50 within the Water Works Enlargement Voted Bonds Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($68,268.50)ApprovedPass Action details
1389-2008 1CAOrdinanceTo authorize the Director of Finance and Management to establish a purchase order for the purchase of one Combination Sewer Cleaner in accordance with a State of Ohio contract with Jack Doheny Supplies Ohio Inc for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage, and to authorize the expenditure of $300,504.07 from the Sewerage System Operating Fund. ($300,504.07)ApprovedPass Action details
1394-2008 1CAOrdinanceTo authorize the Director of Finance and Management to establish a purchase order with Century Equipment Inc. for the purchase of an Eleven-Foot Wide Area Mower, for the Division of Power and Water, and to authorize the expenditure of $42,575.25 from the Water System Operating Fund. ($42,575.25)ApprovedPass Action details
1424-2008 1CAOrdinanceTo accept the application (AN08-010) of Hayden Enterprise Baptist Church for the annexation of certain territory containing 4.1 ± acres in Washington Township.ApprovedPass Action details
1436-2008 1CAOrdinanceTo authorize and direct the City Auditor to transfer funds within the Department of Development, Building Services Division's Development Services Fund in the amount of $49,500.00 to meet division obligations; and to declare an emergency. ($49,500.00)ApprovedPass Action details
1466-2008 1CAOrdinanceTo authorize the Director of the Department of Development to execute any and all necessary agreements and deeds for conveyance of title of five parcels of real property held in the Land Bank pursuant to the Land Reutilization Program; and to declare an emergency. ApprovedPass Action details
1481-2008 1CAOrdinanceTo set forth a statement of municipal services and zoning conditions to be provided to the area contained in a proposed annexation (AN08-017) of 0.95± acres in Franklin Township to the city of Columbus as required by the Ohio Revised Code; and to declare an emergency.ApprovedPass Action details
1296-2008 1CAOrdinanceTo authorize the Director of Public Service to enter into an agreement with the Short North Special Improvement District of Columbus, Inc. for the Short North Arches and to authorize the receipt of $7,500.00 per year toward the operation and maintenance of the Short North Arches; to authorize the appropriation of these funds within the Short North SID Fund when deposited; and to authorize the transfer and appropriation of these funds to the Street Construction Maintenance and Repair Fund. ($7,500.00)ApprovedPass Action details
1334-2008 1CAOrdinanceTo authorize the City Auditor to move appropriation within the Street Construction Maintenance and Repair Fund; to authorize the expenditure of $434,000.00 from within the Street Construction Maintenance and Repair Fund to meet current projected operating needs for the remainder of 2008 for the Division of Transportation; and to declare an emergency. ($434,000.00)ApprovedPass Action details
1412-2008 1CAOrdinanceTo authorize and direct the Board of Health to modify and increase a contract for translation/interpretation services with Access 2 Interpreters, to authorize the expenditure of $9,800.00 from the Health Department Grants Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($9,800.00)ApprovedPass Action details
1428-2008 1CAOrdinanceTo authorize and direct the Board of Health to enter into a contract with Access 2 Interpreters, LLC for interpretation services; to authorize the total expenditure of $31,500.00 from the Health Department Grants Fund and to declare an emergency. ($31,500.00)ApprovedPass Action details
1433-2008 1CAOrdinanceTo authorize the Director of Finance and Management to establish a purchase order with Gen-Probe for the purchase of Chlamydia and gonorrhea test kits for the Columbus Health Department in accordance with sole source provisions; to authorize the expenditure of $40,000 from the Health Special Revenue Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($40,000)ApprovedPass Action details
1383-2008 1 OrdinanceTo authorize the appropriation of up to $10,000,000 within the Economic Stabilization Fund, to authorize and direct the City Auditor, in consultation with the Finance Director, to transfer the appropriate portion of this amount to the general fund, to authorize the appropriation of $5,000,000 within the employee benefits fund, and to authorize and direct the City Auditor to transfer up to $5,000,000 from the employee benefits fund to various operating funds as a reimbursement of excess insurance premiums contributed to the employee benefits fund in 2007; and to declare an emergency. ($15,000,000).ApprovedPass Action details
1419-2008 1 OrdinanceTo authorize a supplemental appropriation of $5,317,338.00 from the unappropriated balance of the Fleet Management Services Fund; to authorize a supplemental appropriation of $5,317,338.00 from the unappropriated balances of the General Fund, Street Construction Maintenance Fund, Development Services, Electricity, and the Water Operating Fund; to authorize and direct the Finance and Management Director to issue purchase orders for bulk fuels and credit card fuel purchases for the Fleet Management Division, to authorize the expenditure of $5,286,683.00 from the Fleet Management Services Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($5,317,338.00)ApprovedPass Action details
1454-2008 1 OrdinanceTo authorize the City Attorney to file the necessary complaints for the appropriation of permanent easements in and to real estate necessary for the Merwin Hill Sanitary Sewer Assessment Sewer Project, and to declare an emergency.ApprovedPass Action details
1276-2008 1 OrdinanceTo authorize and direct the Finance and Management Department Director to modify & extend an existing contract for Turnout Gear for the Division of Fire with Total Fire Group, to waive formal competitive bidding requirements, and to declare an emergency. ApprovedPass Action details
1382-2008 1 OrdinanceTo authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a construction contract with Kokosing Construction Company, Inc., in connection with the Southerly Wastewater Treatment Plant Sludge Thickening Improvements and Additional Renovations project; to authorize the transfer of $8,698,577.00, and the expenditure of $63,200,500.00 within the Sanitary Sewer Revenue Bonds Fund; to amend the 2008 Capital Improvements Budget for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage; and to declare an emergency. ($63,200,500.00).ApprovedPass Action details
1255-2008 1 OrdinanceTo authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into an agreement with Bluebird Properties Incorporated to implement a component of the City's Home Again Initiative; to authorize the expenditure of $250,000.00 from the Housing Preservation Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($250,000.00)ApprovedPass Action details
1437-2008 1 OrdinanceTo authorize and direct the Board of Health to enter into a revenue contract with the Ohio Department of Health to conduct investigations of smoking complaints, in an amount not to exceed $26,530, and to declare an emergency. ($26,530)ApprovedPass Action details
1431-2008 1 OrdinanceTo authorize the transfer of $12,500 within the 2008 general fund appropriations of the City Treasurer; to authorize the transfer of $17,000 within the 2008 water operating fund appropriations of the Division of Power and Water (Water); to authorize the City Treasurer to modify its contracts for various banking services; to authorize the expenditure of up to $17,500 from the general fund; to authorize the expenditure of up to $17,000 from the water operating fund; and to declare an emergency. ($34,500.00)ApprovedPass Action details
1473-2008 1 OrdinanceTo authorize a continuation of military leave with pay to City employees who have and/or will be called to active military duty in connection with ongoing Homeland Security efforts for up to one (1) year; and for City employees for the time they are called to active service with the National Guard and Reserve Forces of the US Military in connection with international and domestic response events; to allow for the continuation of City-provided group health and life insurance, under the same terms and conditions currently in effect, to City employees and their beneficiaries; and to declare an emergency.ApprovedPass Action details
1368-2008 1 OrdinanceTo authorize the Director of the Recreation and Parks Department to grant consent and propose cooperation with the Ohio Department of Transportation to construct a bikepath along Goodale Street from the intersection of Twin Rivers Drive/Olentangy River Road to the State Route 315 ramps, east of the Olentangy River. (REPEALED BY ORD. 0157-2009 PASSED 3/2/2009)ApprovedPass Action details