6610-91 Purchase 12 3-wheel Refuse collection vehicles

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RESOLUTION NO. 6610-91 BY: Boscia, Gallagher, Gazzana, George, Graham, Roth, Smith AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION authorizing and directing the Director of Public Works to enter into a contract with Baker Vehicle Systems fOr the purchase of twelve (12) 3-Wheel Refuse Collection Vehicles, without competitive bidding. WHEREAS, pursuant to the adoption and approval of Resolution 6492- 90 and Ordinance 28-91, funds were appropriated and authorization approved for the purchase of 12 of these vehicles for the Division of Refuse, and, WHEREAS, said vehicles are only available from one source, and consequently the formal advertising for bids is impractical, and, WHEREAS, Section 111.04(a) (10) provides that contracts under circumstances where Council determines that it is impractical to award the contract under competitive bidding procedure may be awarded without competitive bidding, and, WHEREAS, Baker Vehicle Systems has assured us that the price will be $11,913.00 for each vehicle, (the same as the 1991 bid price), it is hereby determined to be in the best interest of the City to purchase these vehicles in this manner, and, WHEREAS, this Resolution constitutes an emergency measure in that the immediate purchase of these vehicles will aid in the collection of refuse in a timely manner, and provides for the usual daily operation of a municipal department; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. It is 'hereby determined that 3-Wheel Refuse Collection Vehicles are non-competitive and cannot be secured from any other source other than Baker Vehicle Systems, 8929 Freeway Drive, Macedonia, Ohio, 44056, therefore, the Director of Public Works is hereby authorized and directed to enter into a written contract with Baker Vehicle Systems for the purchase of 12, 3-wheel refuse collection vehicles for the sum of approximately $142,956.00. Section 2. That the cost of these vehicles shall be paid from the 1991 Capital Improvement Fund. ~ Section 3. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this Resolution were adopted in an open meeting of this Council, and that all such deliberations of this Council and of any of its committees that resulted in such formal actiQn were in meetings open to the public in compliance with all legal requirements.