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DPU060524HYDRANTREPLACEMENTPROGRAM
Water Distribution
Todd Saums (x2832)
Revised
Title
Authorizing the Mayor to accept bids and award contracts for the Hydrant Replacement Program; authorizing the appropriation and expenditure in an amount not to exceed $300,000 from the Water Replacement Fund; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
The City of Toledo has initiated a systematic, annual anti-tampering hydrant replacement program to replace old hydrants. It is the intent of this ordinance to authorize the appropriation and expenditure of an amount not to exceed $300,000 from the Water Replacement Fund for the purchase of hydrants, hydrant valves and other related materials.
Summary
NOW THEREFORE Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:
SECTION 1. That the Mayor is authorized to accept bids and award contracts for purchases related to the Hydrant Replacement Program upon such terms and conditions deemed appropriate and requisite by the Director of Public Utilities and the Director of Law.
SECTION 2. That the appropriation and expenditure of an amount not to exceed $300,000 is authorized from the Water Replacement Fund Account Code 6063-34000-4UC1324STDSTD for purchases related to the Hydrant Replacement Program.
SECTION 3. That the Director of Finance is authorized to issue their warrant or warrants against the account code listed in Section 2 in the amount not to exceed $300,000 in payment of the obligations authorized upon presentation of the proper voucher or vouchers.
SECTION 4. That the disappropriation of any remaining budget to fund balance is authorized at project closeout.
SECTION 5. That this Ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. The reason for the emergency lies in the fact that this Ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety and property, and for the further reason that this Ordinance must be immediately effective in order to permit the earliest possible repair of critical elements in the City of Toledo’s Water Distribution System.
Vote on emergency clause: yeas 10, nays 0.
Passed: June 5, 2024, as an emergency measure: yeas 10, nays 0.
Attest:
Julie A. Gibbons Carrie Hartman
Clerk of Council President of Council
Approved: June 10, 2024
Wade Kapszukiewicz
Mayor