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Member Debra Hilstrom introduced the following resolution and
moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 95 -246
RESOLUTION AMENDING THE 1996 GENERAL FUND BUDGET AND THE
CENTRAL GARAGE BUDGET AND AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF
FIVE (51 SOUAD CARS
WHEREAS, an appropriation of $94,100 was approved in the 1996 Central
Garage Budget for the purchase of five squad cars; and
WHEREAS, the City of Brooklyn Center is a member of both the Hennepin
County Cooperative Purchasing Group and the Minnesota Cooperative Purchasing Venture; and
WHEREAS, the Hennepin County Cooperative Purchasing Group and the
Minnesota Cooperative Purchasing Venture each have contracts for squad cars which the City
could take part in thereby eliminating the need for the formal advertising and bidding process;
and
WHEREAS, the Hennepin County Cooperative Purchasing Group received the
lowest bid and has awarded such bid to Superior Ford at a cost of $18,987 per vehicle; and
WHEREAS, Section 7.09 of the City Charter of the City of Brooklyn Center
provides for a contingency appropriation as a part of the General Fund Budget and further
provides the contingency appropriation may be transferred to any other appropriation by the City
Council; and
WHEREAS, operating procedures adopted for the Central Garage fund require that
when the purchase cost of a new vehicle exceeds the funds on hand for the purchase, the
department using the vehicle must make up the shortfall as part of its budget.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Brooklyn Center that:
1. the 1996 Central Garage Budget is amended to increase the revenues for
replacement charges and the appropriation for the purchase of five squad cars by $835.
2. the 1996 General Fund Budget is amended to increase the appropriation for
Police Department capital outlay by $835.
3. the 1996 General Fund Budget is amended to decrease the appropriation
for Unallocated Department contingency account by $835.
4. the purchase of five squad cars from Superior Ford using the Hennepin
County Cooperative Purchasing Group contract in the amount of $94,935 is hereby approved.
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RESOLUTION NO. 95 -246
November 13, 1995
Date
ATTEST: 4.ef da
Deputy Clerk
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member
Kristen Mann and upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in
favor thereof: Myrna Kragness, Kristen Mann, Debra Hilstrom, and Kathleen Carmody;
and the following voted against the same: none,
whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.