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To authorize and direct the Finance Director to issue a purchase order to Howell Rescue Systems, Inc. for the purchase of combination rescue tools and related equipment for the Fire Division; to authorize the expenditure of $32,000.00 from the General Permanent Improvement Fund; to authorize the expenditure of $9,710.00 from the General Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($41,710.00)
Explanation
BACKGROUND:
Need: To authorize and direct the Finance Director to issue a purchase order to Howell Rescue Systems, Inc. for the purchase of combination rescue tools and related equipment for the Fire Division.
Bid Information: Competitive bids were solicited for this purchase, SA000562, with Howell Rescue Systems, Inc. submitting the lowest, best, responsive, and responsible bid for the specified equipment.
Contract Compliance: 311402133
Emergency Designation: Emergency action is requested as funds are needed immediately for this purchase.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Budgeted Amount: Funds are available for this purchase in the Fire Division's 2003 General Fund Budget and in the General Permanent Improvement Fund.
Body
WHEREAS, a need exists to purchase combination rescue tools; and
WHEREAS, funds for this purchase are specifically budgeted within the Fire Division's General Fund Budget and in the General Permanent Improvement; and
WHEREAS, Competitive bids were solicited for this purchase, SA000562, with Howell Rescue Systems, Inc. submitting the lowest, best, responsive, and responsible bid for the specified equipment.; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Safety, in that it is immediately necessary to purchase said bomb suits and related equipment, 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 Finance Director be and is hereby authorized and direct...
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