Explanation
Background: This legislation authorizes the Finance and Management Director to issue purchase orders for automotive parts, supplies, services, and accessories for the Fleet Management Division to be used to repair and maintain approximately 3,200 City vehicles. City Universal Term Contracts and Ohio State Term Contracts are in place for these parts, supplies, services, and accessories. Items to be purchased for this amount include but are not limited to bulk tire purchases, batteries, "after-market" light duty parts and OEM parts for both Heavy/Medium and Light duty vehicles. Also included in this expenditure are services related to vendor specific equipment such as Sutphen and/or other services for oil change services throughout the City of Columbus. The supplier services enable Police to remain in their precincts while receiving regularly scheduled preventative maintenance by an outside vendor. There are also services included in this expenditure that are outsourced because it is less expensive and more expeditious to have vendor specific equipment repaired by an authorized vendor in certain specialties such as welding and/or frame and spring repairs and body shop work.
Fiscal Impact: The Fleet Management Division's proposed 2009 operating budget contains $6,366,662.00 for the purchase of automotive parts, supplies, services, and accessories. This legislation authorizes an expenditure of $2,335,000.00 with various vendors to purchase, automotive parts, supplies, services, and accessories. Approximately $7.1 million was expended for similar items in 2008 and $7.3 million for these items in 2007.
Emergency action is requested in order to ensure an uninterrupted supply of automotive parts, supplies, services, and accessories, thereby keeping City owned vehicles in operation, including police cruisers and refuse collection equipment.
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To authorize the Finance and Management Director to issue various purchase orders for aut...
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