Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Finance and Management Director, on behalf of the Division of Support Services, to establish a purchase order in the amount of $10,000.00 for the repair of motorola radios for Public Safety personnel, pending the establishment of a Universal Term Contract with Motorola. The Division of Support Services has a need to have radios repaired throughout the year. However, the Purchasing Office is currently in the process of establishing a new UTC (File No. 3120-2015) for this service.
Emergency action is requested due to the need to continue radio repairs for Public Safety sworn personnel.
Fiscal Impact: This ordinance authorizes the establishment of a purchase for the repair of radios in the amount of $10,000.00 with Motorola. The Purchasing Office is in the process of establishing Universal Term Contracts for the service. Approximately $30,000.00 was spent on radio repairs thus far in 2015 from a budget of $60,000.
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To authorize the Finance and Management Director, on behalf of the Department of Public Safety, to establish a purchase order with Motorola for the repair of radios for the Division of Support Services in accordance with the terms and conditions of a pending Universal Contract with Motorola; to authorize the expenditure of $10,000.00 from the General Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($10,000.00)
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WHEREAS, Public Safety is in need of radio repairs; and
WHEREAS, the Purchasing Office is in the process of establishing a Universal Term Contract for this service; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to set up funds for these purchases in order to avoid any lapses of 2015 appropriation for radio repair; and
WHEREAS, any purchase orders and/or contracts established from this auditor’s certificate will follow the competitive bidding provisions of Columbus City Code; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Safety, Division of Support S...
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