Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Finance and Management Director to associate General Budget Reservations resulting from this ordinance with the appropriate universal term contract purchase agreement(s) on behalf of the Department of Public Safety, Division of Fire for the purchase of ballistic vests and helmets from Blue Line Innovations Inc. and Galls, LLC, respectively, as required for approval by City Council in order for the division to expend more than $100,000.00, per City Code Section 329.19(g), for the Division of Fire. These personal protection items will provide replacement equipment for current division personnel, used as protective outerwear in daily emergency medical response operations.
Bid Information: Universal term contracts exist for these expenditures ~ Blue Line Innovations Inc. (vendor #022341) $152,725.00 // Galls, LLC (vendor #007478) $66,346.00
Emergency Designation: This legislation is to be declared an emergency measure to make funding immediately available for the purchase of said equipment for division personnel.
FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance authorizes an expenditure of $219,071.00 from the Division of Fire’s 2021 General Fund budget for ballistic vests and helmets for current personnel. The Division of Fire’s general fund budget includes funding PPE ($1,133,894); $850,000.00 has been encumbered via general budget reservations thus far this year with Galls LLC.
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To authorize the Finance and Management Director to associate general budget reservations resulting from this ordinance with the appropriate universal term contract purchase agreement(s), on behalf of the Division of Fire, for the purchase of ballistic vests and helmets from Blue Line Innovations Inc. and Galls LLC, respectively; to authorize and direct the City Auditor to transfer $296,000.00 within the Division of Fire's general fund budget from the Transfer line item to Materials and Supplies; to authorize the expenditure of $2...
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