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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
Summary
NOW, THEREFORE, Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:
SECTION 1. That the mayor is authorized to enter into a contract for professional services necessary to complete Phase 2 of the Storm Water Billing update upon such terms and conditions deemed requisite and proper, subject to approval by the Department of Law and the Director of Public Utilities.
SECTION 2. That the sum of $700,000 is appropriated from the unappropriated balance of the Storm Water Improvement Fund to Account Code 607B-35000-558100-4000552STDSTD; and further authorizing the operating transfer of said amount to the Storm Water Utility Operating Fund, Account Code 607A-35000-408690-4000552STDSTD.
SECTION 3. That an amount not to exceed $700,000 is appropriated from the unappropriated balance of the Storm Water Utility Operating Fund to Account Code 607A-35000-4000552STDSTD; and further authorizing the expenditure of same for the purposes authorized in Section 1.
SECTION 4. That the Director of Finance is authorized to issue her warrant or warrants against the account code listed in Section 3 in an amount not to exceed $700,000 in payment of the above authorized obligations upon presentation of the proper voucher or vouchers.
SECTION 5. That the disappropriation of any remaining budget to fund balance is authorized at project closeout.
SECTION 6. 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 completion of the Storm Water Billing Update Phase 2.
Vote on emergency clause: yeas _____, nays _____.
Passed: _________________, as an emergency measure: yeas _____, nays _____.
Attest: ________________________ __________________________________
Clerk of Council President of Council
Approved: _____________________ __________________________________
Mayor
I hereby certify that the above is a true and correct copy of an Ordinance passed by Council ________________________.
Attest: ________________________
Clerk of Council