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Member Kristen Mann introduced the following resolution and
moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 95 -37
RESOLUTION AMENDING THE 1995 GENERAL FUND BUDGET AND
THE CENTRAL GARAGE BUDGET AND AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE
OF FIVE (51 SOUAD CARS
WHEREAS, an appropriation of $77,500 was approved in the 1995 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 $16,816 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 1995 Central Garage Budget is amended to increase the revenues for
replacement charges and the appropriation for the purchase of five squad cars by $6,663.
2. the 1995 General Fund Budget is amended to increase the appropriation
for Police Department capital outlay by $6,663.
3. the 1995 General Fund Budget is amended to decrease the appropriation
for Unallocated Department contingency account by $6,663.
4. the purchase of five squad cars from Superior Ford using the Hennepin
County Cooperative Purchasing Group contract in the amount of $84,163 is hereby approved.
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RESOLUTION NO. 95 -37
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Mayor
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ATTEST: Y 10-4' vt I61AA
Deputy Clerk
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member
Debra Hilstrom 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.