Title
To authorize and direct the Director of Finance to establish a purchase order with Calvert Wire & Cable Inc., to purchase a Digital Cable Analyzer for testing data cable, to authorize the expenditure of $4,840.00 from the Public Safety's Capital Improvement Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($4,840.00).
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1. BACKGROUND:
A. To authorize and direct the Director of Finance, on behalf of the Communications Division, to establish a purchase order with Calvert Wire & Cable Inc., to purchase a DSP4300 (FLUKE) Digital Cable Analyzer for testing data cable, for calibrating, and preventive maintenance on the Police and Fire Communications System.
B. Bid Information: The Purchasing Section of the Department of Finance advertised and solicited competitive bids in accordance with the Columbus City Code, Section 329.06(a).
C .Contract Compliance: Calvert Wire & Cable Inc. Contract Compliance #341558888
D. Emergency Designation: Emergency designation is requested to ensure disaster response and emergency restoration for the continued reliability of the Police and Fire Communication System.
2. FISCAL IMPACT:
Budgeted Amount: Funding for this expenditure is available in the Public Safety's Capital Improvement Fund.
Explanation
WHEREAS, the responsibility of the 800 MHz Communications System will continue to be that of the Department of Public Safety, Division of Communications; and,
WHEREAS, the Division of Communications has a need to establish a purchase order with Calvert Wire & Cable Inc., to purchase a DSP4300 (FLUKE) Digital Cable Analyzer for testing data cable, for calibrating, and preventive maintenance on the Police and Fire Communications Systems for continued reliability; and,
WHEREAS, the Purchasing Section of the Department of Finance advertised and solicited competitive bids in accordance with the Columbus City Code, Section 329.06(a); and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operations of the Department of Public Safety, Division of Communications in that it is immediately necessary to purchase a DSP4300 (FLUKE) Digital Cable Analyzer for testing data cable, for calibrating, and preventive maintenance on the Police and Fire Communications System, in order to preserve the public peace, health, safety and welfare; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS
Section 1. To authorize and direct the Director of Finance, on behalf of the Communications Division, to establish a purchase order with Calvert Wire & Cable Inc., to purchase a DSP4300 (FLUKE) Digital Cable Analyzer for testing data cable, for calibrating, and preventive maintenance on the Police and Fire Communications System.
Section 2. That this agreement is made in accordance with the provisions of Section 329.06(a) of the Columbus City Code.
Section 3. That for the purpose stated in Section 1 hereof, the expenditure of $4,840.00 or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized from:
DIVISION 30-02
FUND 701
PROJECT NUMBER 320001
OCA CODE 642629
AMOUNT $4,840.00
Section 4. 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.