65-01 Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvements

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Please Substitute for Ordinance No. 65-01 (Placed on 1~t Reading and Referred to the Public Works and Rnance Committees 12/3/010 ORDINANCE NO. 65-01 BY: Corrigan, Du~n, FitzGerald, George, Roth, Seelie, Skindell. AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE authorizing and directing the Director of Public Works to engage architectural and/or engineering firms to provide profesSional services in the design and preparation of specifications and contract administration and to advertise for bids and enter into a contract with the lowest and best bidder for Wastewater Treatment Plant Zmprovements in accordance with the Administrative Code of' the City of Lakewood, contracts not to exceed the spedfied amounts shown without separate resolution of Coundl. WHEREAS, this Council by a vote of at least five (5) members elected thereto determines that this ordinance is an emergency measure, and that this ordinance shall take effect at the eadiest date possible as set forth in ARTICLE III, SECTONS 10 and 13 of the SECOND AMENDED CHARTER OF THE CITY OF I.AKEWOOD, and that it is necessary to provide for the usual daily operation of munidpal departments in that certain capital improvements projects are to be undertaken beginning 3anuary 1, 2002 in accordance with the Capital Improvement Plan for fiscal year 2002. Now therefore, BE 1T ORDAZNED BY THE Cl-rY OF LAKEWOOD~ STATE OF OHIO Section 1. That .the Director of Public Works is hereby authorized and directed to engage architectural and/or engineering firms to provide professional services In the design and preparation of specifications and contract administration and to advertise for bids and enter into a contract with the lowest and best bidder in accordance with the Administrative Code of the City of Lakewood, for the following Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvements, contracts not to exceed the spedfied amounts shown, except as hereinafter provided: Miscellaneous' Equipment & Machinery Computer Equipment Ultraviolet Bulbs $ 50,000 3,000 12,500 Section 2. That the Director of Public Works is hereby authorized and directed to enter into contracts as set forth above in amounts not to exceed the specified amounts without further action from Council; and to enter into contracts in excess of specified amounts only upon consent of Council evidenced by adoption of a resolution specifying the authorized amount. Section 3. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this ordinance were adopted in an open meeting of this Council, and that all such deliberations of this Council and of any of its committees that' resulted in such formal action were in meetings open to the public in compliance with all legal requirements. Section 4. Thatthis ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the usual daily operation of the C~/for the reasons set forth and defined in the preamble to this ordinance, and provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least five (5) of its members elected to Council, this ordinance shall take effect and be