Explanation
BACKGROUND: To authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and Management to enter into contract with Ricart Properties, Inc. (CC# 31-1282546, expires 9/21/2012) for the purchase of fifteen (15) 2011 Ford Ranger XL compact ½-ton pickup trucks with Weather Guard toolboxes under the terms of the Universal Term Contract FL 004803 (expires 9/20/2011). There is a need to replace existing vehicles that are more than ten years old. Consideration of the Mayor's Green Initiative was made in the decision to purchase this specific vehicle.
FISCAL IMPACT: The 2011 Development Services Fund budget includes funding for the purchase of these vehicles. Emergency action is requested in order to make certain the purchase is completed as quickly as possible to ensure the safety of employees and citizens.
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To authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and Management to enter into contract with Ricart Properties, Inc. under the terms of an existing Universal Term Contract for the purchase of fifteen (15) 2011 Ford Ranger XL compact ½-ton pickup trucks with Weather Guard toolboxes for the Department of Building and Zoning Services; to authorize the expenditure of $209,655.00 from the Development Services Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($209,655.00)
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WHEREAS, the Director of the Department of Finance and Management has been authorized and directed to enter into contract for the option to purchase vehicles; and
WHEREAS, this ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Finance and Management to enter into contract with Ricart Properties, Inc. for the purchase of fifteen (15) 2011 Ford Ranger XL compact ½-ton pickup trucks with Weather Guard toolboxes under the terms of a City-wide contract (Universal Term Contract FL 004803, expires 9/20/2011) for the Department of Building and Zoning Services; and
WHEREAS, there is a need to replace existing vehicles that are more than 10 years old; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Building and Zoning Services, in that it is immediately necessary to establish said purchase order under the terms of the City-Wide Universal Term Contract, for the purchase of these vehicles, all for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety, and welfare; now, therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of the Department of Finance and Management is hereby authorized to establish a purchase order for the Department of Building and Zoning Services with Ricart Properties, Inc. (CC# 31-1282546, expires 9/21/2012) under the terms of the Universal Term Contract FL 004803 (expires 9/20/2011) for the purchase of fifteen (15) 2011 Ford Ranger XL compact ½-ton pickup trucks with Weather Guard toolboxes.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $209,655.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary, from the Department of Building and Zoning Services, 43-01, Development Services Fund 240, Object Level One 06, Object Level Three 6652 for the aforesaid purpose is hereby authorized as follows:
OCA Amount
430382 $55,908.00
430383 $55,908.00
430384 $55,908.00
430385 $41,931.00
TOTAL $209,655.00
SECTION 3. That for the reasons stated in the preamble thereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is 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.