AN ORDINANCE

WHEREAS, work on the 2024 Concrete Street Repair Project is underway and is progressing well, and the City Manager has determined that it would be prudent to perform additional concrete repairs now which would otherwise be planned for 2025 or beyond, allowing for the completion of certain streets in a single project year; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Sections 145.04(E)(2) and (3) of the Oakwood Administrative Code, the City Manager intends to enter into a change order for this additional work with A to Z Property Maintenance, which is the contractor for the ongoing 2024 Concrete Street Repair Project and already has concrete crews mobilized within the city; and

WHEREAS, in addition, the 2023 Far Hills Storm Sewer Reconstruction Project is in its final stage, and a significant portion of the project area along Devereux Drive is planned for restoration with asphalt; and

WHEREAS, in addition to expanding the scope of the 2024 Concrete Street Repair Project, the City Manager has recommended completing the Devereux restoration with concrete in order to retain its existing material and character, consistent with other streets in the immediately surrounding neighborhood; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Sections 145.04(E)(2) and (3) of the Oakwood Administrative Code, the City Manager intends to engage Kinnison Excavating, who is the contractor already performing the 2023 Far Hills Storm Sewer Reconstruction Project, for the additional concrete work on Devereux Drive, or to award a contract for this work without formal bidding to a suitable contractor who can expedite the work so as to finalize the sewer project as soon as possible; and

WHEREAS, this supplemental appropriation will authorize an additional amount of $450,000 to be expended from the Capital Improvement Fund, and the transfer of $450,000 from the city's General Fund to the Capital Improvement Fund, which will be utilized to fund this project;