Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Safety to enter into an agreement with Air Flite to serve as a broker for the sale of a 500E MD helicopter which no longer has a use for the Division of Police. To obtain the highest possible revenue from the sale, the use of a broker is the best possible solution due to the uniqueness of this equipment. The City of Columbus has used the services of Air Flite as a broker in the sale of helicopters in 2002, 2006, 2007, and in 2009. The Department of Public Safety is requesting that the provisions of Chapter 329 of the City Code pertaining to the sale of city-owned personal property be waived. By expediting this sale, revenues could be greater than anticipated due to the current demand in the marketplace for this type of helicopter.
Contract Compliance: Air Flite Inc's CC No. is 731160673 expires on 10/16/2011
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.
Emergency Designation: This ordinance is being submitted as an emergency measure in order to expedite the sale of the helicopter.
FISCAL IMPACT: The revenue generated from this sale will be deposited in the Special Income Tax Fund.
Title
To authorize and direct the Director of Public Safety to enter into a contract with Air Flite for the sale of a helicopter, to waive the provisions of Chapter 329 of the Columbus City Codes pertaining to the sale of city-owned personal property; and to declare an emergency.
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WHEREAS, a need exists to sell a 500E MD helicopter which is no longer in use; and
WHEREAS, the use of a broker is the best possible solution due to the uniqueness of this type of sale; and
WHEREAS, Air Flite has been used previously as a broker to sell the Division of Police's helicopters; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to waive the provisions of Section 329.30 of the Columbus City Code; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual and daily operation of the Department of Public Safety, Division of Police, in that it is immediately necessary to enter into contract for sale of a helicopter no longer in use for the immediate preservation of 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 Public Safety Director be and is hereby authorized and directed to enter into a contract for the sale of a 500E MD helicopter with Air Flite.
SECTION 2. That this Council finds it is in the best interest of the City of Columbus to waive the provisions of Section 329.30 of the Columbus City Codes, 1959, pertaining to the sale of city-owned personal property.
SECTION 3. That for reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part thereof, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from the after its passage and approval by the Mayor or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.