Explanation
Background: This ordinance authorizes the Finance and Management Director to establish purchase orders for the purchase of parts and service for the up-fitting of various vehicles for the Divisions of Police and Fire. These vehicles include fifty-one (51) patrol cruisers, six (6) Ford Interceptors, five (5) K-9 cruisers, three (3) Prisoner Transport Vehicles, two (2) Sergeants cruisers, and one (1) Fire BN vehicle. Purchase orders will be issued from Universal Term Contracts (UTC's) that have been previously established by the City of Columbus Purchasing Office. The current UTC's are as follows:
Parr Public Safety Equipment, Inc. vendor#006832, EMS Upfit UTC - PA004307 ($16,728.00 estimated)
Parr Public Safety Equipment, Inc. vendor#006832, PTV Parts and Service - PA004252 ($50,405.34 estimated)
Parr Public Safety Equipment, Inc. vendor#006832, Interceptor Upfit UTC- PA003351 ($985,574.53 estimated)
Fiscal Impact: This ordinance authorizes an expenditure of $1,052,707.87 from the Special Income Tax fund for the purchase of up-fitting for various vehicles for the Public Safety Department (Divisions of Police and Fire). The Department of Finance and Management budgeted $9.0 million in the Special Income Tax Fund for 2020 citywide vehicle acquisitions. The Fleet Management Division expended $4.1 million in 2019 and $6.5 million in 2018 from the Special Income Tax Fund for the purchase of vehicles and associated up-fitting for General Fund Departments.
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To authorize the Finance and Management Director, on behalf of the Fleet Management Division, to establish purchase orders with Parr Public Safety Equipment from previously established Universal Term Contracts for the purchase of parts and services related to the up-fitting of various vehicles for use by Public Safety; and to authorize the appropriation and expenditure of $1,052,707.87 from the Special Income Tax fund. ($1,052,707.87)
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WHEREAS, the City has a need to up-fit vehic...
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