#12-06

PASSED 2/28/06

COMMITTEE REVIEW:	SERVICE MAINTENANCE
INTRODUCED BY:	COUNCILMEMBER HARP
INTRODUCED ON:	FEBRUARY 28, 2006
DATE OF FIRST READING:	FEBRUARY 28, 2006
DATE OF SECOND READING:	_________________
DATE OF THIRD READING:	_________________
EMERGENCY CLAUSE:	YES/NO
TITLE ONLY PURSUANT TO SECTION 4.07 OF THE CHARTER:	YES/NO

AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE MUNICIPAL MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH HOWELLS & BAIRD, INCORPORATED FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER SERVICES FOR PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE WATERLINE REPLACEMENT AND PAVEMENT RESTORATION PROJECT; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

WHEREAS the Village Council recognizes the need to contract for professional engineer services for the Pennsylvania Avenue Waterline Replacement and Pavement Restoration project; and

WHEREAS Village Council has determined that the proposal submitted by Howells & Baird Incorporated, of Salem, Ohio meets all criteria for the project and falls within the allowable expenditures for the project.

WHEREAS the Village of Sebring has been awarded funds through the Mahoning County Commissioners and the Community Development Block Grant Program to fund the construction of the Pennsylvania Avenue Waterline Replacement and Pavement Restoration project.

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF SEBRING, MAHONING COUNTY, OHIO:

Section 1: That the Municipal Manager is hereby authorized and directed to enter into a contract with Howells & Baird Incorporated for a sum not to exceed Nineteen Thousand Dollars ($19,000.00) for the engineering design and administration of the Pennsylvania Avenue Waterline Replacement and Pavement Restoration project

Section 2: That it is FOUND and DETERMINED that all formal actions of this Council relating to the passage of this Ordinance or adopted in an open meeting of this Council, and that all deliberations of this Council, and of any of its committees which resulted in such formal actions were made in compliance with all legal requirements, including those of section 121.22 of the Ohio Revised Code, all pursuant to Section 3.11 of the Charter of the Village of Sebring.

Section 3: That this Ordinance is hereby determined to be an EMERGENCY MEASURE necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the Municipality of Sebring, Ohio and for the further reason that the same is necessary to ensure the timely construction of Municipal improvements.

	_____________________________ JOHN W. SMITH Mayor/President of Council
ATTEST:	APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
_________________________ Malea G. Sanor Clerk of Council	_________________________ Andrew L. Zumbar Assistant Solicitor