Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Finance and Management, on behalf of the Division of Support Services, to associate the General Budget Reservation resulting from this ordinance with the Universal Term Contract Purchase Agreement for Motorola Radios with Motorola Inc. The Division of Support Services needs to purchase replacement radios and software packages for the Division of Police's helicopters and additional flash software upgrades to the Division of Fire's radios. An existing Universal Term Contract was established by the Purchasing Office for such purpose with Motorola, Inc. This ordinance will fund the purchase of ten (10) helicopter radios, the corresponding accessories, and two hundred (200) flash software upgrades with Motorola, Inc. via the terms and conditions of the Universal Term Contract established with Motorola.
Bid Information: A Universal Term Contract with Motorola Inc. exists for this expenditure. The contract compliance number for Motorola Inc. is 36-1115800: Expires 4/11/2020 and PA000392.
EMERGENCY: Emergency designation is requested in order to ensure regional radio interoperability with surrounding Public Safety Agencies as well as to provide safety to those first responders in the Divisions of Police and Fire.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funds for this purchase are budgeted and available within Public Safety's Capital Improvement Budget.
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To authorize and direct the Finance and Management Director to associate the General Budget Reservation resulting from this ordinance with the Universal Term Contract Purchase Agreement with Motorola, Inc. for the purchase of helicopter radios, the corresponding accessories, and flash software upgrades for the Department of Public Safety; to authorize the expenditure of $69,040.00 from Public Safety's Capital Improvement Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($69,040.00)
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WHEREAS, the Department of Public Safety personnel are in need of new radios for the Division of Police's helicopter fleet and additional flash software upgrades for the Division of Fire's radios; and
WHEREAS, a Universal Term Contract established by the Purchasing Office with Motorola, Inc. exists for this purchase; and
WHEREAS, funds are budgeted in the Department of Public Safety's Capital Improvement Budget for the purchase of replacement radios and software packages; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Public Safety Department, Division of Support Services, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize and direct the Finance and Management Director to associate this General Budget Reservation with the appropriate purchase agreement and expend funds from the Capital Improvement Fund for the purchase of portable radios and accessories to ensure regional radio interoperability with surrounding Public Safety Agencies, thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare; now, therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of Finance and Management be and is hereby authorized to associate the General Budget Reservation resulting from this ordinance with the Universal Term Contract Purchase Agreement with Motorola, Inc. for the purchase of portable radios and accessories in accordance with the terms and conditions of contract PA000392, for the Department of Public Safety.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $69,040.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary in regard to the action authorized in SECTION 1, be and is hereby authorized from Fund 7701 per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That the funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are hereby deemed appropriated, and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 4. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all contracts or contract modifications associated with this ordinance.
SECTION 5. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized to transfer the unencumbered balance in a project account to the unallocated balance account within the same fund upon receipt of certification by the Director of the Department administering said project that the project has been completed and the monies are no longer required.
SECTION 6. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor of ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.