Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Department of Public Safety, Division of Police needs to purchase covert vehicles to replace high mileage and high maintenance vehicles. This purchase will be funded with Law Enforcement Drug Seizure and General Permanent Improvement funds, and will be purchased in accordance with the terms and conditions of contract number FL004444 with Ricart Properties, Inc.
There is also a need to appropriate funds in the General Permanent Improvement and the Law Enforcement Seizure funds for this purchase.
This company is not debarred according to the Federal excluded parties listing or prohibited from being awarded a contract according to the Auditor of State unresolved findings for recovery certified search.
Contract Compliance: Ricart Properties Inc., 311282546 expires 10/23/2010.
Emergency Designation: Emergency action is necessary so that the purchase order for these vehicles can be issued as soon as possible in order to place the covert vehicles on the street as soon as possible.
FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance authorizes an appropriation and expenditure of $231,482.80 in General Permanent Improvement and Law Enforcement Seizure funds for the purchase of covert vehicles for the Division of Police. A purchase order in the amount of $42,818.36 was approved on August 2, 2010 for the purchase of covert vehicles. In 2009, $200,000.00 in Drug Seizure funds were spent on covert vehicles.
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To appropriate and transfer funds within the General Permanent Improvement Fund, to appropriate funds in the Law Enforcement Seizure fund, to authorize the Finance and Management Director to issue a purchase order from an existing Universal Term Contract with Ricart Properties, Inc. for the purchase of covert vehicles for the Division of Police, to authorize the expenditure of $231,482.80 from the General Permanent Improvement Fund and the Law Enforcement Seizure Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($231,482.80)
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WHEREAS, the Division of Police needs to replace covert vehicles; and
WHEREAS, funds are available for appropriation for this expenditure in the General Permanent Improvement and the Law Enforcement Seizure Funds; and
WHEREAS, a universal term contract with Ricart Properties, Inc is available for this purchase; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Division of Police, Department of Public Safety, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Finance and Management Director to issue a purchase order for the purchase of covert vehicles for the Division of Police, thereby preserving the public peace, health, property, safety and welfare; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized to appropriate $231,482.80 within the unallocated balance of the General Permanent Improvement and Law Enforcement Seizure Funds as follows:
Fund Dept. No. Obj. Level (1) Obj. Level (3) OCA Project Sub-Fund Amount
748 45-01 06 6650 643114 748999-100000 - $21,482.80
219 30-03 06 6650 300988 - 016 $ 210,000.00
SECTION 2. That funds be transferred within the General Permanent Improvement Fund, Fund 748 as follows:
From:
Dept 45-01: Project 748999-100000: OCA 643114: Obj Lvl One- 06: Object Level Three 6650, Amount $21,482.80
To:
Dept 30-03: Project 330035-100000: OCA 748035: Obj Lvl One-06; Object Level Three 6650, Amount $21,482.80
SECTION 3. That the Director of Finance and Management be and is hereby authorized to issue a purchase order to Ricart Properties, Inc. for the purchase of covert vehicles for the Division of Police on the basis of the city's universal term contract number FL004444.
SECTION 4. That the expenditure of $231,482.80, or so much thereof as may be needed for the purchase of covert vehicles is hereby authorized as follows:
Dept No. Project OCA OBJ. Level (3) Fund Sub-fund Amount
30-03 330035-100000 748035 6650 748 - $21,428.80
30-03 -- 300988 6650 219 016 210,000.00
SECTION 5. That the City Auditor is authorized to make the necessary transfer between funds, and such funds are hereby appropriated, to carry out the purposes of this ordinance.
SECTION 6. 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.