Explanation
Background: This ordinance authorizes the Finance and Management Director, on behalf of the Fleet Management Division, to establish purchase orders with Ricart Properties, Inc. for the acquisition of one (1) plug in hybrid electric vehicle as part of the Smart City program, for use by the Division of Police. The purchase orders will be issued from a Universal Term Contract (UTC) that has been previously established by the City of Columbus Purchasing Office.
Ricart Properties, Inc. vendor#004963, PA002699 - Electric Vehicles UTC - expires 9/30/2019 ($25,432.00 estimated)
The Fleet Management Division will purchase and place into service 1 Ford ENERGI vehicle. Placement of this unit continues to meet and/or exceed the Mayor’s Green Fleet Action Plan by further reducing harmful carbon emissions and Green House Gases in Central Ohio and is in accordance with the commitments to the Smart City Program.
The total cost of the vehicle is $28,432.00, of which $3,000.00 will be provided by the Department of Public Service through a onetime grant award from Vulcan, Inc. in the amount of $3,000.00 per vehicle.
Emergency action is requested so that the vehicle can be purchased prior to the vendor cutoff dates.
Fiscal Impact: This ordinance authorizes an expenditure of $25,432.00 from the Special Income Tax fund and $3,000.00 from the Smart City Private Grant Fund with Ricart Properties, Inc. for the purchase of one plug in hybrid electric vehicle. The Department of Finance and Management budgeted $4.0 million in the Special Income Tax Fund for 2019 Citywide Vehicle Acquisitions. $6.5 million in 2018 and $7.5 million in 2017 were expended respectively from the Special Income Tax Fund for the purchase of vehicles and associated up-fitting.
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To authorize the Finance and Management Director, on behalf of the Fleet Management Division, to establish purchase orders from previously established Universal Term Contracts (UTCs) for the purchase of a plug...
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