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ORDINANCE N0. 82-71 <br />INTRODUCED BY: Mayor & Council as a Whole <br />AN ORDINANCE AUTHOP.IZING THE PURCHASE OF A <br />USED 1982 POLICE CAR FROM DEACON'S CHRYSLER- <br />PLYMOUTH, INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF EIGHT THOUSAND <br />NINE HUNDRED NINETY FIVE DOLLARS ($8,995.00), <br />DECLARING AN EMERGENCY SITUATION SO AS TO <br />ALLEVIATE THE NECESSITY FOR COMPETITIVE BIDDING <br />AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. <br />WHEREAS, the Police Chief of Mayfield Village has advised the <br />Mayor and Council that the Department's patrol cars are currently <br />in the "high mileage" category, have become very costly to operate <br />and should be replaced as soon as is practicable; and <br />WHEREAS, the Chief of Police has further informed the Mayor <br />and Council that Deacon"s Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc. has available a <br />1982 Dodge Police Car, formerly used by Chrysler Corporation, said <br />automobile having only been driven 8,000 miles and being in excellent <br />condition; and <br />WHEREAS,.the purchase price of said automobile, which includes <br />a new car warranty, is Eight Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety Five Dollars <br />($8,995.00); and <br />WHEREAS, the cost of said automobile is approximately One <br />Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) less than the anticipated cost of a <br />1983 Dodge Police Car; and <br />WHEREAS, it is the opinion of the Mayor and Council of <br />Mayfield Village that the availability of the subject police car <br />at a savings of approximately One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) to <br />the municipality coupled with the need for additional police cars, <br />as stated hereinabove, creates an emergency situation whereby the <br />municipality can enhance its law enforcement capability at a savings <br />to the taxpayers; and <br />WHEREAS, for the aforesaid reasons the Mayor and Council have - <br />determined that the subject police cruiser should be purchased without <br />the necessity for competitive bidding; now, therefore, <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF MAY-FI.F_,LD VILLAGE, OHIO, THAT: <br />Section 1. The Mayor and Finance Director are hereby authorized, <br />empowere an irected to execute a purchase agreement for the 1982 <br />police cruiser currently in stock at Deacon's Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc. <br />as the same has been described hereinabove and in a communication <br />from the Chief of Police dated August 16, 1982, the cost of said <br />automobile not to exceed Eight Thousand Nine Hundred.Ninety Five <br />Dollars ($8,995.00).