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RESOLUTION 2023-XXX
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO PURCHASE ONE (1) 2023 FORD MACH- E ELECTRIC VEHICLE FOR A TOTAL COST NOT TO EXCEED $5 2,644, USING COMPETITIVELY BID COOPERATIVE CONTRACTS; AND APPROPRIATING $5 2,644 FROM THE
ADJUDICATED ASSET SEIZURE ACCOUNT TO THE VEHICLE REPLACEMENT FUND FOR THIS VEHICLE PURCHASE IN FY 2023/24.
WHEREAS, Improve Public Safety is one of the top City Council priorities listed in the FY 2023-25 City of San Pablo City Council Priority Workplan, effective May 1, 2023;
WHEREAS, the Police Department maintains a fleet of marked and unmarked emergency vehicles in continuous 24/7 o peration. The Police Department needs an unmarked emergency vehicle for administrative use. This new purchase will replace an unmarked 2018 Ford Fusion that was deemed a catastrophic loss by the City’s insurer from a vehicle accident in 2019;
WHEREAS, the Police Department requests the City Council to authorize the City Manager to purchase one (1) 2023 Ford Mach-E electric vehicle for a total sum of $52,644 from Monarch Ford in Exeter, California, under the State of California Department of General Services contract 1-22-23-23F (Cooperative Purchasing Agreement). The State of California Contract 1-22-23-23F went into effect on May 1, 2022 and will expire on April 30, 2025;
WHEREAS, San Pablo Municipal Code S ection 3.16.110.E (Cooperative Purchasing) allows the City to forego a formal bid process for the purchase of equipment, materials, supplies and services, and buy said equipment directly from a vendor if the price is established by competitive bidding by another public jurisdiction. Staff requests approval to make such a purchase per the competitively-bid State contract identified above; WHEREAS, the Police Department requests that the City Council appropriate a total of $52,644 for the vehicle purchase as set forth below; and
WHEREAS, the total cost of the purchase of $52,644 will be made using funds from the Adjudicated Asset Seizure Account (225-0000-25320). The funds will be appropriated into the Police Department Vehicle Replacement Fund (102-2110-46300) for FY 23/24.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the foregoing recitations are true and correct, and are included herein by reference as findings; and
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of San Pablo hereby:
1. Authorizes the City Manager to purchase one (1) 2023 Ford Mach-E electric vehicle for a total not to exceed $52,644 using competitively bid cooperative contracts; and
2. Appropriates $52,644 from the Adjudicated Asset Seizure Account (225-0000- 25320) to the Vehicle Replacement Fund Account (102-2110-46300).
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ADOPTED this 20
th day of November, 2023, by the following votes:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ATTEST: APPROVED:
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Dorothy Gantt, City Clerk Abel Pineda, Mayor