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2024 Fire Medic Unit Purchases
Toledo Fire & Rescue Department
Battalion Chief Sheares (ext.3517)
Revised
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Authorizing the disappropriation of $250,000 from the Capital Improvements Fund; authorizing the appropriation of $250,000 from the Capital Improvements Fund; authorizing the expenditure of an amount not to exceed $850,000 from the Capital Improvements Fund for the purchase of fire medic units and related equipment; authorizing the Mayor to accept bids and award contracts necessary to complete said purchases; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
The Toledo Fire and Rescue Department request to replace two 2010-year Medic Units (respectively exceeding 160k & 190k miles). Accordingly, replacing said units adheres to the Department’s current 12-year apparatus replacement schedule as directed by NFPA 1901 Annex D, which, by design, maintains a complement of service-ready apparatuses for emergency call responses.
Current cost estimates indicate that purchasing two Medic Units exceeds presently available means, but is possible by reallocating the funds purposed for 2024 Fire Equipment purchases with the Medic Unit purchase fund. If permitted, $850k in funding would be availed and sufficient for said purchases including related equipment.
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NOW THEREFORE Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:
SECTION 1. That the disappropriation of $250,000 is authorized from the Capital Improvement Fund Account Code 5040-53000- 8CP2409FIREQP and the appropriation of same is authorized from the Capital Improvement Fund to Account Code 5040-53000-8CP2407FIRVEH for the purchase of fire medic units and related equipment.
SECTION 2. That an amount not to exceed $850,000 is authorized for expenditure from Capital Improvement Fund Account Code 5040-53000-8CP2407FIRVEH for the purchase of fire medic units and related equipment.
SECTION 3. That the Mayor is authorized to accept bids or utilize cooperative or collaborative procurement programs and enter into contracts for the purchase of fire medic units and related equipment for the Toledo Fire and Rescue Department, upon such terms and conditions as the Mayor may deem requisite and proper and shall be subject to approval by the Department of Law and the Director of Fire.
SECTION 4. That the Director of Finance is authorized to draw warrant or warrants against the above Account Code in an amount not to exceed $850,000 in payment of the obligations authorized above upon presentation of the proper voucher or vouchers.
SECTION 5. That this Ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. The reason for the emergency lies in the fact that the same is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety and property, and for further reason that the Ordinance must be immediately effective in order to allow the timely replacement of an aging fleet.
Vote on emergency clause: yeas 10, nays 0.
Passed: September 25, 2024, as an emergency measure: yeas 10, nays 0.
Attest:
Julie A. Gibbons Carrie Hartman
Clerk of Council President of Council
Approved: September 25, 2024
Wade Kapszukiewicz
Mayor