Explanation
This legislation amends Ordinance 0001-2024, which was approved by Columbus City Council on January 8, 2024. That ordinance authorized the Director of Public Utilities to enter into sub-recipient agreements for the Climate Pollution Reduction Grant with the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC), IMPACT Community Action, Power a Clean Future Ohio (PCFO), and The Ohio State University. The agreed upon amount for The Ohio State University was incorrect in Ordinance 0001-2024. This ordinance corrects the error.
CORE PROJECT TEAM AND SUB-RECIPIENTS
1. The Ohio State University | D365 Vendor #006163 | Federal EIN on file | Expires 3/29/2025 |
o Governmental/Education institution
Ohio State is not debarred according to the Excluded Party Listing System of the Federal Government or prohibited from being awarded a contract according to the Auditor of State Unresolved Findings for Recovery Certified Search
FISCAL IMPACT
$0.00
Acceptance of the $1,000,000.00 grant award, its appropriation, and expenditure were authorized under ORD 3255-2023, and the authorization to enter into agreements with the respective sub-recipients was authorized under ORD 0001-2024.
EMERGENCY DESIGNATION
The grant allows work prior to the award dating and back to 6/19/2023 to be included in funding disbursements. This ordinance is being submitted as an emergency in order to (1) expedite payment to sub-recipients; (2) comply with US EPA general terms and conditions for reimbursements; (3) and due to the first deliverable submission deadline in March 2024.
Title
To amend Ordinance 0001-2024 to correct an error in the sub-recipient contract amount with The Ohio State University, as part of the Climate Pollution Reduction Grant, by increasing the contract amount from $120,000.00 to $220,000.00; and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)
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WHEREAS, the Department of Public Utilities (DPU) was awarded a Climate Pollution Reduction Planning Grant from the United State...
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