Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the Finance and Management Director, on behalf of the Fleet Management Division, to enter into contract with Ricart Properties for a Ford F550 CNG Refueling Service Truck. Solicitation SA004802 closed on 02-21-2013 at 11:00a.m. Ricart Properties was deemed the sole responsive and responsible bidder for this vehicle.
Ricart Properties contract compliance number 31-1282546 expires 10/11/2014.
Emergency action is requested to allow the purchase of the Ford F550 CNG Refueling Service Truck for the Fleet Management Division to ensure continuous service to all CNG vehicles and fuel stations the City currently owns and operates and those that will be acquired or constructed in the future.
Fiscal Impact: This ordinance authorizes the appropriation and expenditure of $83,500.00 from the Special Income Tax Fund.
Title
To authorize the Finance and Management Director to contract with Ricart Properties for the purchase of a Ford F550 CNG Refueling Service Truck; to authorize the appropriation and expenditure of $83,500.00 from the Special Income Tax Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($83,500.00)
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WHEREAS, the Fleet Management Division wishes to purchase one (1) Ford F550 CNG Refueling Service Truck to maintain continuous CNG service to the City of Columbus; and
WHEREAS, Solicitation SA00448002 was posted on Vendor Services and closed on 02-21-2013; and
WHEREAS, Ricart Properties was deemed the lowest responsible and responsive bidder and will be awarded this contract; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Finance and Management Department, Fleet Management Division, in that it is immediately necessary to purchase the Ford F550 CNG Refueling Service Truck so that it will be ready for deployment as soon as possible, thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; now, therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That the Finance and Management Director on behalf of the Fleet Management Division is hereby authorized to contract with Ricart Properties for a Ford F550 CNG Refueling Service Truck.
Section 2. That the City Auditor is authorized to appropriate $83,500.00 within the Special Income Tax Fund as follows:
Department: 45-05
Fund: 430
OCA: 454301
Obj Level 03: 6650
Amount: $83,500.00
Section 3. That the expenditure of $83,500.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary, in regard to the action authorized in Section 1, be and is hereby authorized from the Special Income Tax Fund 430 as follows:
Department: 45-05
Fund: 430
OCA: 454301
Obj. Level 03: 6650
Amount: $83,500.00
Section 4. The City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all contracts or contract modifications associated with the ordinance.
Section 5. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.