HomeMy WebLinkAbout1988-020-02/02/1988-ASSOCIATED FUSES ELECTRICAL SWITCHES JOSLYN MANUFACTURING CO POWER EQUIPMENT SPECIALISTS RESOLUTION 88-20
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO APPROVE THE SOLE SOURCE
JUSTIFICATION FOR THE PURCHASE OF ELECTRICAL SWITCHES
AND ASSOCIATED FUSES FROM POWER EQUIPMENT SPECIALISTS,
THE COLORADO AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE FOR
JOSLYN MANUFACTURING COMPANY
WHEREAS, City staff has identified a need to replace the City's
current power switches and fuses with different, more cost-effective
switches; and
WHEREAS, the City has researched various switches and has found the
total installed cost of the Joslyn switch to be 16% more economical and
superior in design as compared to the City' s existing switches; and
WHEREAS, sufficient funds have been budgeted and approved for this
expenditure in the Light and Power Utility Design Section Fund for 1988;
and
WHEREAS, the particular switches identified by the City as best
meeting the City's needs are available from only one supplier; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 8-122 of the Code of the City of Fort
Collins, a sole source justification item to be purchased at a cost
exceeding $20,000 must be approved by the City Council .
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that the City Manager be, and he hereby is, authorized to approve
the sole source justification of the purchase of electrical power switches
and fuses manufactured by Joslyn Manufacturing Company from Power Equipment
Specialists at a cost of Twenty-Two Thousand One Hundred Fifty Dollars
($22, 150. ) .
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held this
2nd day of February, A.D. 1988.
Mayor
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City Clerk