Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the City Auditor to transfer funds between object levels within the Construction Inspection Fund, Fund 518. This ordinance also authorizes the Director of Finance and Management to establish purchase orders with Byers Ford from existing universal term contracts for the purchase of light duty vehicles for the Division of Design and Construction. 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 these specific vehicles.
2. FISCAL IMPACT
Funding is available within the Construction Inspection Fund for the purchase of light duty vehicles from the surplus within personnel expenditures.
3. CONTRACT COMPLIANCE
The contract compliance numbers for these vendors are as follows:
Byers Ford - CC#314139860, expires 2/10/2014
4. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION
Emergency action is requested to make these funds available to the division as soon as practical to meet anticipated 2012 needs.
Title
To authorize the City Auditor to transfer of $400,000.00 within the Construction Inspection Fund: to authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and Management to establish purchase orders in an amount not to exceed $400,000.00 with Byers Ford per the terms of the existing Universal Term Contracts; to authorize the expenditure of up to $400,000.00 from the Construction Inspection Fund for the purchase of light duty vehicles for the Division of Design and Construction; and to declare an emergency. ($400,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, this ordinance authorizes City Auditor to transfer funds between object levels within the Construction Inspection Fund; and
WHEREAS, planned expenditures utilizing monies from the Construction Inspection Fund are ready to proceed; and
WHEREAS, there is a need to replace existing vehicles that are more than ten years old; and
WHEREAS, this ordinance also authorizes the Director of Finance and...
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