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TDOT050824MLKDYNAMICLED
Road & Bridge Maintenance
Brad Serres (x1537)
Revised
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Authorizing the expenditure of an amount not to exceed $4,200,000 from the Capital Improvement Fund for the Road & Bridge Maintenance Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK) Bridge Dynamic LED project; authorizing the Mayor to prepare plans and specifications, accept bids and award contracts for said project; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
The City of Toledo desires to install dynamic LED lighting on the MLK Bridge similar to that on the Anthony Wayne Bridge. The City of Toledo also desires to better the aesthetics of the faces of the concrete arches of the bridge. The design for the lighting and aesthetic improvements is complete and the project is ready to bid for construction. Budget for the construction of this project was included in the 2023 Capital Improvement Plan budget.
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NOW THEREFORE Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:
SECTION 1. That an amount not to exceed $4,200,000 is authorized for expenditure from the Capital Improvement Fund, Account Code 5040-23100-8CP2332MLKLED, for MLK Jr. Bridge Dynamic LED capital improvement project.
SECTION 2. That the Mayor is authorized to accept bids and enter into contracts to carry out the capital improvement project described in Section 1 upon such terms and conditions as the Mayor may deem requisite and proper and shall be subject to approval by the Directors of Law and Transportation.
SECTION 3. That the Finance Director is authorized to draw their warrant or warrants against the Account Code identified in Section 1 in an amount not to exceed $4,200,000 in payment of the obligations authorized above upon presentation of the proper voucher or vouchers.
SECTION 4. That this Ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force immediately from and after its passage. The reason for the emergency lies in the fact that same is necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, safety, and property and for the further reason that this Ordinance must be immediately effective in order to construct the MLK Jr. Bridge Dynamic LED project in a timely manner.
Vote on emergency clause: yeas 11, nays 0.
Passed: May 8, 2024, as an emergency measure: yeas 11, nays 0.
Attest:
Julie A. Gibbons Carrie Hartman
Clerk of Council President of Council
Approved: May 8, 2024
Wade Kapszukiewicz
Mayor