Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Finance and Management Director to issue a purchase order for uniforms for the Division of Fire from the existing Universal Term Contract established by the Purchasing Office with Roy Tailors Uniform Company. These are replacement uniforms for current Fire Division personnel and also for fire recruits who will start training in June 2010. Fire uniforms consist of such items as pants, shirts, T-shirts, and boots.
This legislation also authorizes the transfer of funds within the Division of Fire's General Fund Budget, from the Transfer line item to Materiel and Supplies.
Bid Information: A Universal Term Contract exists for these purchases (FL003086).
Contract Compliance: 31-1261664, expiring 11/12/2010
Emergency Designation: Emergency action is requested as funds are needed immediately to purchase said fire uniforms for firefighters and for recruits who start training in June.
FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance authorizes an expenditure of $420,000.00 from the Fire Division's 2010 General Fund operating budget for the purchase of uniforms. The 2010 General Fund budget for the Division of Fire also had $120,000.00 budgeted in the transfer character for recruit uniforms which will be transferred to the Materiel and Supplies portion of the budget for expenditure. The Fire Division budgeted $774,400.00 (including recruit uniforms) in the 2010 General Fund operating budget for uniforms. A total of $100,000.00 has been encumbered/expended to date for uniforms. The Fire Division spent or encumbered $507,000 in 2009 and $306,159.00 in 2008 for uniform items.
Title
To authorize and direct the Finance and Management Director to issue a purchase order for the Division of Fire for uniforms from the existing Universal Term Contract with Roy Tailors Uniform Company, to authorize the City Auditor to transfer funds within the Division of Fire's General Fund Budget, to authorize the expendi...
Click here for full text