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<br />, <br />CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2007 - 46 <br />BY: Mayor O' Grady <br />A RESOLUTION RATIFYING THE PURCHASE OF A 2007 FORD <br />500 A UTOMOBILE FOR THE CHIEF OF POLICE FROM JOHN <br />LANCE FORD IN NOVEMBER 2006, AND A UTHORIZING THE <br />MAYOR RETROACTIVELY TO ENTER INTD A CONTRACT WITH <br />JOHN LANCE FORD TO LEGALLY CONFIRM THE SAID <br />PURCHASE, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. <br />WHEREAS, this Council in 2006 appropriated funds for the purchase of a new motor <br />vehicle for Chief of Police, and, pursuant to said appropriations, a 2007 Ford 500 automobile <br />was purchased from John Lance Ford in November 2006; and <br />WHEREAS, it has come to the attention of the Directors of Finance, Public Safety <br />and Public Service that a City Service Department employee, who was not the Mayor, <br />inadvertently executed contract documents in connection with the said purchase without <br />obtaining approval of the City Council; and <br />WHEREAS, it is the recommendation of the Directors of Finance, Public Safety and <br />Public Service that this Council ratify the purchase of the said 2007 Ford 500 automobile for <br />the Chief of Police, and authorize the Mayor to retroactively confirm the purchase, by <br />executing contract and other documents legally necessary to effectuate the said purchase; and <br />WHEREAS, it was not necessary to competitively bid the said expenditure because it <br />was for less than $25,000.00, the threshold amount for which the Charter requires competitive <br />bidding; and <br />WHEREAS, it is accordingly the desire of this Council, in accordance with the <br />recommendation of the Directors of Finance, Public Safety and Public Service, to ratify the <br />November 2006 purchase of a 2007 Ford 500 automobile for the Chief of Police, and to <br />authorize the Mayor retroactively confirm the purchase by entering into a contract with John <br />Lance, and executing all other necessary documents, for the purchase of the said 2007 Ford <br />500 automobile from John Lance Ford; <br />NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />NORTH OLMSTED, COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA AND STATE OF OHIO: <br />