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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 ATTEST: C Z Cierk�