Explanation
Background:
This ordinance will enable the Director of Finance to purchase golf course equipment from Green Thumb Power Equipment in accordance with the terms and conditions of formal bid SA-000494 GRW. This equipment will be used by the Golf Division of the Recreation and Parks Department.
Equipment to be purchased includes two John Deere 1435 60 inch front deck rotary mowers, including extended warranty, for use at Mentel Memorial and Walnut Hill Golf Courses ($12,119.00 each). This replacement equipment enables staff to complete work more efficiently and effectively.
The Contract Compliance Number for Green Thumb Power Eqipment, is #31-1346066.
Emergency action is necessary to assure delivery during the 2003 golf season.
Fiscal Impact:
$24,238.00 is required and budgeted from the Golf Course Operations Fund to meet the financial obligation of this purchase order.
Title
To authorize and direct the Director of Finance to purchase golf course equipment from Green Thumb Power Equipment, for the Recreation and Parks Department, in accordance with the terms and conditions of formal bid SA-000494 GRW, to authorize the expenditure of $24,238.00 from the Golf Course Operations Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($24,2238.00)
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WHEREAS, the Purchasing Office received bids in accordance with the terms and conditions of formal bid SA-000494 GRW; and
WHEREAS, a purchase order will be issued in accordance with the terms and specifications of the bid solicitation on file in the Purchasing Office; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately necessary to enter into said purchase order for the preservation of public health, peace, property and safety; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of Finance be and he is hereby authorized and directed to enter into a purchase order with Green Thumb Power Equipment, for mowers for the Golf Division of the Recreation and Parks Department, in accordance with the terms and conditions of formal bid SA-000494 GRW.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $24,238.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and is hereby authorized from the Golf Course Operations Fund, as follows, to pay the cost thereof.
Fund Dept. Object OCA
Type No. Fund Item Level Code Amount
Operating 51-03 284 Mower 6652 516088 $12,119.00
(Mentel Memorial)
Operating 51-03 284 Mower 6652 516245 $12,119.00
(Walnut Hill)
SECTION 3. 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.