City of Columbus - File #: 1769-2003

• File #: 1769-2003
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 7/2/2003
• In control: Utilities Committee
• On agenda: 7/21/2003
• Final action: 7/22/2003
• Title: To authorize the transfer of $19,079.25 between projects within the Refuse Collection Division's General Permanent Improvement Fund; to authorize the appropriation of $19,079.25 within this Fund; to authorize the Finance Director to establish a purchase order with Comtech, Incorporated, for the purchase of fifty (50) two-way radios and antennas for the Refuse Collection Division; to authorize the expenditure of $19,079.25 from the General Permanent Improvement Fund for this purpose, and to declare an emergency. ($19,079.25)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/22/2003	1	MAYOR	Signed
7/22/2003	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
7/21/2003	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
7/21/2003	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
7/11/2003	1	ODI DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
7/11/2003	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
7/11/2003	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
7/11/2003	1	Service Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
7/10/2003	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
7/10/2003	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
7/10/2003	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
7/10/2003	1	EBOCO Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
7/9/2003	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
7/9/2003	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
7/9/2003	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
7/8/2003	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
7/8/2003	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
7/3/2003	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
7/2/2003	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
7/2/2003	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved

Explanation
The Refuse Collection Division requires two-way radios to facilitate communication with and between its collection vehicles. The Purchasing office received responses to its solicitations for bids for radios on March 28, 2003 (bid #SO010553), as follows:

Jan Communications and Electronics Company $223.70
United Radio Communications, Inc. (bidding two different units) $350.46 and $462.56
Bearcom Wireless Worldwide (bidding three different units) $281.00, $299.00 and $365.00
Comtech, Incorporated (bidding two different units) $371.39 and $374.63

Award is recommended to Comtech for $371.39 per radio as the lowest, best, most responsive and most responsible bidder. Their contract compliance number is 31-0845853 and expires April 17, 2004.

This ordinance authorizes the purchase of fifty (50) radios and twenty-five (25) no-ground antennas at a cost of $20.39 per antenna for a total cost of $19,079.25.

Emergency action is requested in order to have these radios available for replacement purposes as needed and to install in new trucks as they are purchased.

Fiscal Impact: Funds for this purchase are available within the Refuse Collection Division's General Permanent Improvement Fund from two projects: Morse Road [transfer station] Renovations ($1,123.00) (a completed project) and Refuse Collection Scrap Metal ($17,956.25). This legislation transfers monies from these projects to a new project, Collection Vehicles and Ancillary Equipment, appropriates the total amount and authorizes the radio purchase and the expenditure therefore.



Title
To authorize the transfer of $19,079.25 between projects within the Refuse Collection Division's General Permanent Improvement Fund; to authorize the appropriation of $19,079.25 within this Fund; to authorize the...