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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1993-026-02/16/1993-ELLEN EQUIPMENT INC LOADER STREETS DEPARTMENT RESOLUTION 93- 26 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROVING THE ACQUISITION OF A CASE 721 LOADER FROM ELLEN EQUIPMENT, INC. WHEREAS, Ellen Equipment, Inc. has been renting a Case 721 loader (the "loader") to the Streets Department for the past nine (9) months; and WHEREAS, if the City acquires the loader, one hundred percent (100%) of the $31,500 previously paid in rent to Ellen Equipment Inc. , will be applied to the purchase of the loader; and WHEREAS, funds have been budgeted and approved in the Streets Department budget for 1993 for this purchase; and WHEREAS, Section 8-160(d) (1) (b) of the Code of the City of Fort Collins authorizes the Purchasing Agent to negotiate the purchase of supplies and services without utilizing a competitive bidding process if the Purchasing Agent determines that although there exists more than one responsible source, a competitive process cannot reasonably be used or, if used, will result in a substantially higher cost to the City, will otherwise injure the City's financial interests or will substantially impede the City's administrative functions or the delivery of services to the public; and WHEREAS, the Purchasing Agent has determined that use of the competitive bidding process will result in a substantially higher cost to the City because of the loss of the application of the $31,500 in rent to the purchase price; and WHEREAS, the City Manager has reviewed and approved the justifications for this acquisition; and WHEREAS, Section 8-160(d) (3) of the Code requires approval of this purchasing method by the City Council for items costing more than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) prior to acquisition. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS that the acquisition of a Case 721 loader from Ellen Equipment, Inc. , for the sum of Fifty-nine Thousand Four Hundred Fifty Dollars ($59,450) is hereby approved. Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held this 16th day of February, A.D. , 1993. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk