Explanation
BACKGROUND:
Need: The City of Columbus, Ohio and FOP Lodge No. 9, as well as AFSCME Local 1632, have collective bargaining agreements which require the City to provide uniforms to all bargaining unit members at no cost to the employee. This ordinance will enable the division to purchase uniforms for its personnel.
Bid Information: The Purchasing Office has set up an universal term contract FL002795 for the purchase of uniforms. This UTC was made in response of bid # SA001674DRM.
Contract Compliance No.: 31-1261664 - Roy Tailors Uniforms of Columbus, Inc., expires 10/26/08
Emergency Designation: Emergency legislation is requested because the Division has had their yearly inspections of uniforms in March and we will need to set up orders from these inspections.
FISCAL IMPACT:
$1,100,000.00 is budgeted in the 2008 Police General Fund supplies budget for uniforms for the current members of the Division. A total of $1,602,583.00 was spent or encumbered in 2007 on uniforms. This amount includes recruit uniforms, which are typically budgeted in the Division's transfer category.
Title
To authorize and direct the Finance and Management Director to enter into contract with Roy Tailors Uniform Company of Columbus, Inc. to purchase police uniforms for the Division of Police from an existing UTC, to authorize the expenditure of $1,100,000.00 from the General Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($1,100,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the Purchasing Office has an existing Universal Term Contract FL002795 for the purchase of uniforms; and
WHEREAS, the Division of Police has an immediate and continuing need for uniforms, and uniform parts for its members so this ordinance is being submitted as an emergency measure; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual operation in the Division of Police, Department of Public Safety, in that it is immediately necessary to enter into a contract with Roy Tailors Uniform Company of Columbus, Inc...
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