Explanation
Background: This ordinance authorizes the Finance and Management Director to establish purchase orders with The Goodyear Rubber and Tire Co. The City of Columbus previously bid and successfully awarded The Goodyear Rubber and Tire Co. as the supplier of various automobile and truck tires. The Goodyear Rubber and Tire Company is doing business as Wingfoot Commercial Tire System, LLC, for the City of Columbus.
This company is not debarred according to the Federal excluded parties listing or prohibited from being awarded a contract to the Auditor of State unresolved findings for recovery certified search.
The Goodyear Rubber and Tire Co. Contract Compliance Number is: 34-0253240 expires 02/28/2014
Fiscal Impact: The Fleet Management Division 2014 operating budget contains $700,000.00 for the purchase of tires. This legislation authorizes the expenditure of $400,000.00 with The Goodyear Rubber and Tire Co. DBA, Wingfoot Commercial Tire Systems LLC, for the purchase of various automobile and truck tires.
Emergency action: is requested to ensure an uninterrupted supply of vehicle tires for City equipment and vehicles. These tires are used by all City vehicles, including Police, Fire and Refuse Collection vehicles. This ordinance is contingent on passage of the 2014 operating budget.
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To authorize the Finance and Management Director, on behalf of Fleet Management Division, to issue purchase orders with The Goodyear Rubber and Tire Co. DBA, Wingfoot Commercial Tire Systems LLC for automobile, truck, and vehicle tires; to authorize the expenditure of $400,000.00 from the Fleet Management Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($400,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the Finance and Management Department, Fleet Management Division, has a need to purchase various automobile and vehicle tires for use by various City departments including: Police, Fire and Refuse Collection; and
WHEREAS, the Purchasing Division has bid under solicitation SA00754 and awarded to The Goodyear Rubber and Tire Co. DBA Wingfoot Commercial Tire System LLC; 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 issue purchase orders for tires, to ensure uninterrupted supply for City vehicles, including Police, Fire, and Refuse Collection Division vehicles, 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 is hereby authorized to establish purchase orders for the Fleet Management Division with The Goodyear Rubber and Tire Co. DBA Wingfoot Commercial Tire System LLC as follows:
The Goodyear Rubber and Tire Company
CC#340253240, expires 02/28/2014
OCA: 451222
Object Level Three: 2282
Section 2. The expenditure of $400,000.00, or so much thereof that may be necessary in regard to the actions authorized in Section 1 above, be and is hereby authorized and approved as follows:
Dept/Div: 45-05
Fund: 513
OCA Code: 451222
Object Level One: 02
Object Level Three: 2282
Amount: $400,000.00
Section 3. That the monies in the foregoing Sections shall be paid upon order of the Director of Finance and Management, and that no order shall be drawn or money paid except by voucher, the form of which shall be approved by the City Auditor.
Section 4. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all contracts or contract modifications associated with this ordinance.
Section 5. That for 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, nor ten days after passage, if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.