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DPS BLIGHT EQUIPMENT PURCHASE $1,200,000
Urban Beautification
Dennis Kennedy (x1234)/Paul M. Rasmusson (x7868)
Revised
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Authorizing the disappropriaton of $695,700 in the Local Fiscal Recovery Fund; authorizing the appropriation and expenditure of $1,200,000 from the Local Fiscal Recovery for the purchase of equipment for blight clean-up operations; authorizing the Mayor to enter into contracts for said equipment purchases; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
The Division of Urban Beautification is charged with the responsibility of cleaning up blight within the City of Toledo. Although Urban Beautification has many pieces of equipment, it is necessary to purchase new equipment specifically for blight clean-up. This Ordinance will allow the purchase of two (2) mini non-CDL rated garbage trucks which can empty public trash cans or pick up illegally dumped tires, two (2) mini track loaders which can navigate into nuisance property backyards through fence entryways and small paths, two (2) non-CDL rated grapple trucks with swing arms that can pick up large pieces of bulk debris on the curb side or in the right-of-way, and the appropriate trailers and crew cab pick-up trucks to haul these pieces of equipment. Currently, the crew is using equipment which is shared with the street repair programs in the Department of Transportation.
As a response to the public health emergency, and the negative impacts the crisis has had on neighborhood blight, the city will be utilizing Local Fiscal Recovery Funds to support the purchase of the above pieces of equipment to improve the health and wellness of struggling neighborhoods. On a daily basis, crews from the Division of Urban Beautification are deployed to areas of the city experiencing excess illegal dumping. Crews collect all debris and dispose at the city’s Hoffman Road Landfill. The city will track the pounds of debris and number of tires collected on a daily basis using CityWorks software.
The necessary expenditure is included in the Toledo Recovery Plan and was anticipated for the purchase of the equipment, however due to equipment and price changes, reapportions of funds within specific account codes will need to occur. Ordinance 241-21 appropriated $695,700 for blight operations for specific equipment and services. This Ordinance disappropriates that amount and re-appropriates it for the equipment anticipated below. All pricing is considered estimated and could change due to today’s economic condition. The following items will be purchased:
The total amount to be expended in the above schedule is not to exceed $1,200,000
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NOW, THEREFORE, Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:
SECTION 1. That the disappropriation of $695,700 is authorized in the Local Fiscal Recovery Fund from the following Accounts Codes:
2021-23100-2CLEANBCKTNEI $95,700
2021-23100-2CLEANBOBCNEI $24,100
2021-23100-2CLEANSERVNEI $500,000
2021-23100-2CLEANSKIDNEI $63,900
2021-23100-2CLEANTRLRNEI $12,000
SECTION 2. That the appropriation of $1,200,000 is authorized from the Local Fiscal Recovery Fund to Account Code 2021-27100-2C1EANTOLDNEI and the expenditure of same is authorized for the purchase of equipment for blight clean-up operations.
SECTION 3. That the Mayor is authorized to accept bids and award contracts or utilize Sourcewell or other cooperative purchasing organizations that engage in competitive processes for the purchase of equipment for blight clean-up operations, upon terms and conditions acceptable to the Mayor, the Director of Public Service and the Director of Law.
SECTION 4. That the Finance Director is authorized to draw warrant or warrants against the Account Code listed in Section 2 in payment of the above-authorized obligations upon presentation of properly approved voucher or vouchers in a total amount not to exceed $1,200,000.
SECTION 5. That this Ordinance, being an emergency measure, shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. The reason for the emergency lies in the fact that it is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety and property, and for the further reason that the Ordinance must be immediately effective in order to ensure that equipment for blight clean-up operations is timely procured and deployed to address neighborhood blight.
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