HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Resolution 13689 (Purchase Police SUVs)RESOLUTION NO. 13689
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL
AUTHORIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS TO EXECUTE THE
ACCELERATED PURCHASE OF FOUR BLACK AND WHITE POLICE
INTERCEPTOR SUV'S VIA STATE CONTRACT, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED
$182,091.80.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL RESOLVES as follows:
WHEREAS, SRPD's patrol structure utilizes five to 11 vehicles for each 12 hour shift; and
WHEREAS, the availability of an adequate number of vehicles has a direct bearing on patrol
operations and impacts the department's ability to respond to emergency and non -emergency
service calls; and
WHEREAS, six of the department's 15 patrol vehicles are scheduled for replacement in fiscal
year 2014/2015, as defined by the City's Fleet Management policy; and
WHEREAS, all six units have been in service since 2009 and require increasingly frequent and
time-consuming repairs; and
WHEREAS, SRPD wishes to initiate the immediate replacement of four of these aging vehicles
to assure the availability of an adequate number of patrol vehicles; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 2.55.260 (Cooperative Purchasing Programs) of the San Rafael Municipal
Code provides for the "Purchases of supplies, material, equipment or services and sales of
surplus property made under a cooperative purchasing program, utilizing purchasing agreements
maintained by the state, county or other public agencies are exempt from the requirements of this
chapter. To the extent possible, cooperative purchases joined will be competitively awarded, and
documentation as to the advantage of the cooperative purchase will be retained"; and
WHEREAS, Public Works has utilized California State Contract Pricing, an example of the
cooperative purchasing program described in the above -referenced chapter, to purchase vehicles
for many years; and
WHEREAS, there are sufficient funds in the City's current fiscal year Vehicle Replacement
Fund for this purchase.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of San Rafael, that the
Council authorizes the Department of Public Works to purchase four fully equipped 2014 black
and white Police Interceptor SUV's via State Contract, in an amount not to exceed $182,091.80.
I, ESTHER C. BEIRNE, Clerk of the City of San Rafael, hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution was duly and regularly introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the City
Council of said City held on March 3, 2014 by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
COUNCILMEMBERS:
Bushey, Colin, McCullough & Vice -Mayor Connolly
NOES:
COUNCILMEMBERS:
None
ABSENT:
COUNCILMEMBERS:
None
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ESTHER C. BEIRNE, City Clerk