Explanation
This ordinance authorizes an appropriation and an expenditure within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund for the purpose of acquiring and upfitting a vehicle to be used by the executive protection detail. The Department of Public Safety, City Council, and the Division of Fleet Management have evaluated the equipment needs of the executive detail, and the determination has been made for Fleet Management to acquire a used vehicle utilizing the existing universal term contract for pre-owned vehicles (Ricart Properties, Inc. and Parr Public Safety Equipment, Inc.) as well as upfitting and deploying the vehicle for use.
Fiscal Impact: Funding is available within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund.
Emergency action is requested in order to provide Fleet Management with the budget reservation allowing them to immediately purchase and acquire a vehicle when it becomes available and that meets the needs and specifications of the executive protection detail.
Title
To authorize an appropriation and expenditure within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund in support of vehicle acquisition for the executive protection unit; and to declare an emergency. ($40,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the Department of Public Safety, City Council, and the Division of Fleet Management have evaluated the equipment needs of the executive detail, and the determination has been made for Fleet Management to acquire a used vehicle utilizing the existing universal term contract for pre-owned vehicles; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily business of the city in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the establishment of a budget reservation so that Fleet Management can acquire a suitable vehicle when it becomes available; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Auditor is hereby authorized to appropriate $40,000.00 to the Department of Finance and Management within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund, fund 100...
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