File #: O-476-20    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Approved
File created: 11/16/2020 In control: Public Utilities Department
On agenda: 12/1/2020 Final action: 12/1/2020
Title: Authorizing the appropriation of $700,000 from the unappropriated balance of the Storm Water Utility Improvement Fund and operating transfer of same to the Storm Water Utility Operating Fund; authorizing the appropriation and expenditure in an amount not to exceed $700,000 from the unappropriated balance of the Storm Water Utility Operating Fund; authorizing the mayor to enter into a contract for the completion of the Storm Water Billing Update Phase 2; and declaring an emergency.
Attachments: 1. Bullet Points, 2. Storm Water CIP, 3. Storm Water CIP
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STORM WATER BILLING PHASE 2
Engineering Services
Christy Soncrant (x2851)
(Revised)

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Authorizing the appropriation of $700,000 from the unappropriated balance of the Storm Water Utility Improvement Fund and operating transfer of same to the Storm Water Utility Operating Fund; authorizing the appropriation and expenditure in an amount not to exceed $700,000 from the unappropriated balance of the Storm Water Utility Operating Fund; authorizing the mayor to enter into a contract for the completion of the Storm Water Billing Update Phase 2; and declaring an emergency.

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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
The Storm Water Billing update and Impervious Mapping Phase 1 Project was authorized by Ordinance 124-19. It included reviewing current policies for storm water billing, performing impervious mapping using remote sensing technology and updating the City's Equivalent Residential Unit (ERU) database. This phase of the project will merge the ERU database and the City of Toledo Billing database (SAP), along with developing a process and procedure to keep the two databases in sync, and perform a cost of service analysis of the Storm Water Utility. The department intends to select Woolpert, Inc. under Ohio state-term contract to complete the project.

The fiscal impact of this ordinance is as follows:
- The amount of funds requested: $700,000
- The expenditure budget line item: 607B-35000-4000552STDSTD, 607A-35000-4000552STDSTD
- New revenue generated (operational revenue, grants, if any): none
- Revenue budget line item (if any): none
- Are funds budgeted in the current fiscal year (yes/no)?: yes,
- Is this a capital project (yes/no)? yes
- If yes, is it new or existing (new/existing)? existing
- What section of the City's Strategic Plan does this support:
o Excellence in Basic Services (yes/no) no
o Quality Community Investment (Livable City, Development) (yes/no) yes
o Workplace Culture & Customer Service (yes/no) no
o Environment (yes/no) no

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