ORDINANCE NO. 250801
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Sponsor: Director of General Services Department
Authorizing the Manager of Procurement Services to piggyback off the Houston-Galveston Area Council Cooperative Agreement and issue a $1,121,408.00 Purchase Order (EV4142) to Spencer Manufacturing, Inc., dba Spencer Fire Trucks, Inc to provide fire trucks for the Fire Department; and authorizing the Fire Chief to expend $1,121,408.00 from previously appropriated funds; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
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WHEREAS, the City is piggybacking off of the Houston-Galveston Area Council Cooperative Agreement to purchase six (6) fire trucks from Spencer Manufacturing, Inc., dba Spencer Fire Trucks, Inc; and
WHEREAS, under the Purchase Order, the cost of the fire trucks will exceed $1,000,000.00; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 3-41, Code of Ordinances, the City Council must authorize contracts in excess of $1,000,000.00; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the Manager of Procurement Services is authorized to piggyback off the Houston-Galveston Area Council Cooperative Agreement to issue a $1,121,408.00 Purchase Order (EV41423) to Spencer Manufacturing, Inc., dba Spencer Fire Trucks, Inc to provide fire trucks for the Fire Department. A copy of the Agreement is on file in the Manager of Procurement Services Office.
Section 2. That the Fire Chief is authorized to expend $1,121,408.00 from funds appropriated to Account No. 2301-231405-634120 to purchase the fire trucks.
Section 3. That the sum of $1,000.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Fire Sales Tax-Capital Fund to the following account in Fire Sales Tax-Capital Fund:
26-2301-231405-634120 Fire Fighting Equipment $1,000.00
Section 4. That this ordinance, relating to the appropriation of money, is recognized as an ordinance with an accelerated effective date as provided by Section 503(a)(3)(C) of the City Charter and shall take effect in accordance with that section.
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The City has no financial obligation under this Ordinance and Agreement until the Manager of Procurement Services issues a Purchase Order which will be signed by the City's Director of Finance certifying there is a balance, otherwise encumbered, to the credit of the appropriation to which the expenditure is to be charged, and a cash balance, otherwise encumbered, in the treasury, to the credit of the fund from which payment will be made, each sufficient to meet the obligation incurred in the Purchase Order.
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William Choi
Interim Director of Finance
Approved as to form:
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James Brady
Assistant City Attorney