Explanation
Background:
This ordinance will enable the Director of Finance and Management to purchase three (3) brush chippers and one (1) tree stump cutter from Vermeer Sales & Service of Southern Ohio, Inc., in accordance with the terms and conditions of formal bid SA001738 GRW. This is equipment replacement for use in daily operations by the Forestry Section of the Recreation and Parks Department.
The Contract Compliance Number for Vermeer Sales & Service of Southern Ohio, Inc., is #36-3116243.
Emergency action is required to have equipment available for spring 2006.
Fiscal Impact:
$129,240.00 is required and budgeted from the Voted 1999/2004 Parks and Recreation Bond Fund to meet the financial obligation of this purchase order.
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To authorize and direct the Director of Finance and Management to purchase three (3) brush chippers and one (1) tree stump cutter from Vermeer Sales & Service of Southern Ohio, Inc., for the Recreation and Parks Department, in accordance with the terms and conditions of formal bid SA001738 GRW, and to authorize the expenditure of $129,240.00 from the Voted 1999/2004 Parks and Recreation Bond Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($129,240.00)
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WHEREAS, bids were received in accordance with the terms and conditions of formal bid SA001738 GRW; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exist in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately necessary to purchase equipment to use in spring 2006; now therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of Finance and Management be and he is hereby authorized and directed to enter into a purchase order with Vermeer Sales & Service of Southern Ohio, Inc., for the purchase of three (3) brush chippers and one (1) stump cutter for the Foresty Section of the Recreation and Parks Department, in accordance with the terms and conditions of formal bid SA001738 GRW.
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