HomeMy WebLinkAbout1987-022-02/03/1987-GRAPHITE FURNACE SYSTEM POLLUTION CONTROL LABORATORY PURCHASE RESOLUTION 87-22
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS APPROVING SOLE SOURCE
PURCHASE OF A GRAPHITE FURNACE SYSTEM
WHEREAS, Pollution Control Laboratory requires a Graphite Furnace
System to perform analyses required by the discharge permit for the City's
wastewater treatment plants; and
WHEREAS, in order to reach the analytical detection limits required in
the permit, the "graphite furnace technique" is required to measure extreme
low levels of heavy metals; and
WHEREAS, the Graphite Furnace System interfaces directly with the
existing Thermo Jarrell Ash atomic absorption spectrophotometer which is in
current use; and
WHEREAS, the purchase of the Graphite Furnace System is the most cost
effective method in achieving the required results; and
WHEREAS, the cost of the Graphite Furnace System is Twenty-One
Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars And No/Cents ($21,700) ; and
WHEREAS, monies are available and budgeted for this purchase; and
WHEREAS, under the provisions of Section 2-59 of the Code of the City
of Fort Collins, the City Council must approve all sole source purchases in
excess of Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000) ; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the citizens of the City of
Fort Collins that the Graphite Furnace System be purchased for the
Pollution Control Laboratory.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that the Graphite Furnace System be purchased for use at the
Pollution Control Laboratory for a cost not to exceed Twenty-one Thousand
Seven Hundred Dollars ($21 ,700) .
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of
Fort Collins held this 3rd day of February, A.D. , 1 7.
Mayor
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