10-91 Ordinance
RECORD OF ORDINANCES
Dayton Legal Blank Co. Form No. 30043 ._... _..
Ordinance Na. 10-91 Passed 19~ u~l_._
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AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE \
PURCHASE OF SERVICES TO REPAIR
A BROKEN STORM SEWER WITHOUT
FORMAL ADVERTISING AND COMPETITIVE
I' BIDDING, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
WHEREAS, on Friday, January 11, 1991, a collapse of a storm sewer on Post
Road at Wilcox Road required that Post Road be closed until repairs could
be made; and,
WHEREAS, it was imperative to repair the storm sewer immediately in order
to open Post Road to through traffic and minimize the disruption of
emergency services to the surrounding area; and,
WHEREAS, it was necessary to purchase materials and contractual services
in excess of the $10,000.00 bid limit, on an emergency basis; and
WHEREAS~ Section 735.051 of the Ohio Revised Code enables the legislative
authority of a City to authorize, by two-thirds vote of its members elected
thereto, the City Manager, or other authorized contracting authority, to
enter into a purchasing contract without formal bidding and advertising, \'
when a real and present emergency arises in connection with the operation
of any department, division, commission, bureau, or board of the
municipality. I
NOW~ THEREFORE~ BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Dublin, State l
of Ohio, 7 of the elected members concurring:
Section 1. That Ordinance No. 128-90, the temporary appropriations ordinanc
be amended by appropriating from the unappropriated balance in the Street
Maintenance Fund the sum of $15,100.00 for operating supplies.
Section 2. That pursuant to Section 735.051 of the Ohio Revised Code, the
purchase of emergency repair services from Shepherd Excavating without for-
mal advertising and competitive bidding in the amount of $14,500.00 is
hereby authorized.
Section 3. That this Ordinance be, and hereby is, declared to be an
emergency measure necessary for the preservation of the public health,
safety and welfare and, therefore, this Ordinance shall take effect and
be in force immediately upon its passage.
Passed this 4th day of February , 1991.
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Attest:
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Clerk of Council, Dublin, Ohio
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To: Tim Hansley, City Manager ~-~
From: Danny L. Johnson, Maintenance superintendent~~
Re: Post Road Storm Sewer Collapse
Date: January 14, 1991
On Friday, January 11, 1991 at approximately 11:30 AM the
Maintenance Division received a call to investigate a storm
sewer at Post and Wilcox. While inspecting the pipe a
maintenance worker crawled into the pipe and discovered a
large cavity under the road. The employee then called for
me to meet him at the site. As soon as I arrived at the
scene I ordered the road closed.
I then called Shepherd Excavating and explained the
situation to them and told them I needed to get the road
re-opened as soon as possible and the we would not stop
working on the repairs until the road could be re-opened.
Within and hour and a half Shepherd Excavating had arrived
on the scene with the necessary equipment and pipe and the
repairs were begun.
I had predicted the road would be re-opened at about
midnight. However, at 10:30 PM we were approximately half
way across the road and had the ditch open when a cave-in
occurred. It took about 2 hours to re-open the ditch as we
had to hand dig around 2 phone lines. The cave-in and
delays in getting concrete cause the opening of the road to
be delayed until 4:30 Saturday morning.
At this point, there are still steel plates across the road.
It will be approximately 2 weeks before the plates can be
removed. This delay is due to the weather and to the lack
of availability of blacktop.
The repairs of the road were conducted on an emergency
basis. The exact cost of the repairs are not know at this
time, but Shepherd Excavating has estimated the cost at
$14,500.00.
There were several reasons why the situation was treated as
an emergency. First, Post Road is a major through road
which is heavily used by emergency equipment (police and
fire) . Also, the traffic problems for the general public
were taken into consideration.
Second, the fact the road would have had to remain closed
until Monday was considered.
Third, the contractor's original estimate was that the work
could be completed in 6 hours (not the 14 1/2 it ended up) .
Also, the Maintenance Office did receive several phone calls
from irate citizens on Friday. One lady was so upset she
threatened to move the barricades herself.
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For all these reasons I made the decision to treat the
situation as an emergency.
I am requesting that Council appropriate $15,100 as
emergency funds to cover the costs of the repairs. This
figure represents the $14,500.00 estimate from Shepherd and
also a $600.00 estimate for heat welding the pavement.
DLJ/tb