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TFRD Radio purchases.
Toledo Fire & Rescue Operations
Ted Sheares (x 3515)
Revised
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Authorizing the Mayor to appropriate and expend $234,319.49 for the purchase of (61) portable radios and related equipment for the department of Fire and Rescue; authorizing the acceptance of a grant from the Cleveland-Cliffs Foundation in the amount of $27,000; waiving the competitive bid requirements of Chapter 187 of the Toledo Municipal Code; authorizing the Mayor to award contracts for said purchases; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
The aforementioned $234,319.49 is the sum of several funding sources. The first is a $27,000 grant received from the Cleveland-Cliffs Foundation. We request that the Mayor accept, deposit, and authorize this grant's appropriation and expenditure for said purposes. $42,319.49 of said sum is from Fires General Fund, where Fire respectfully requests the same previously mentioned appropriation and expenditure permissions. The final $165,000 is CIP, where it's appropriation and expenditure were previously approved in Ordinance #89-21. Collectively, said funds will serve to purchase (61) portable radios and related equipment, thereby facilitating an ongoing effort to replace Fire's end-of-life cache of portable and mobile radios.
Summary
NOW, THEREFORE, Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:
SECTION 1. That the Mayor is authorized to accept and deposit grant proceeds from the Cleveland-Cliffs Foundation in an amount not to exceed $27,000.00 for the purchase of portable radios and related equipment for the Toledo Fire and Rescue Department.
SECTION 2. That the sum of $27,000.00 is appropriated from the unappropriated grant proceeds of the Operational Grants Fund to Account Code 2016-53000-3G00410STDSTD and further authorizing the expenditure, in an amount not to exceed $27,000.00.
SECTION 3. That the amount not to exceed $42,319.49 is authorized for expenditure from the Gener...
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