Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the sale of a containment vessel, brass tagged as BT 9338, that is of no further value to the Division of Fire, to the Ashland County Commissioners Office for the sum of $1.00. This vessel is no longer used by the Fire Division for Bomb Squad operations, and is of no further value to the City of Columbus Division of Fire.
In recent years, the Columbus Fire Bomb Squad has acquired specialized equipment to vastly improve the efficiency of their operations, including a recently acquired containment vessel. The old containment vessel was reserved for back-up use, but has yet to be called into service and has sat idle. While this equipment is no longer used by the Fire Division, the Ashland County Commissioners Office has expressed an interest in purchasing this vessel for use in it's Bomb Squad operations. Fleet Management has approved the disposal of this vessel.
Bid Information: N/A
Contract Compliance: N/A
FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance authorizes the sale of a containment vessel to the Ashland County Commissioners Office for the sum of $1.00.
Title
To authorize and direct the Finance and Management Director to sell a containment vessel that is of no further value to the Division of Fire, to the Ashland County Commissioners Office for the sum of $1.00, and to waive the provisions of the City Code relating to the sale of City-owned property. ($1.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the Ashland County Commissioners Office has expressed a desire to purchase a containment vessel that is of no further value to the Division of Fire; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Public Safety and the Division of Fire has determined that it is in the best interest of the City of Columbus and the citizens of the central Ohio area to allow the purchase of this containment vessel for the sum of $1.00, by the Ashland County Commissioners Office; Now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS
SECTION 1. That the Fin...
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