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RESOLUTION NO. 4788(CCS)
(CITY COUNCIL SERIES)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SANTA MONICA WA IVING FORMAL BID PROCEDURE
AND AUTHORIZING DIRECT NEGOTIATION FOR PUR-
CHASE OF A VAN-TYPE STATION WAGON
WHEREAS. the City of Santa Monica has need of a 15-
passenger van-type station wagon for use by the Police Depart-
mentj and
WHEREAS, wagons with this capacity in this configuration
are available only from Chrysler Corporation dealersj and
WHEREAS, sixteen dealers have been canvassed and only
one suitable vehicle has been located; and
WHEREAS, deferment of purchase may incur an additional
cost of up to six hundred dollars ($600.00); and
WHEREAS, to formally advertise for bids would entail
expense and additional delay with no assurance that this action
would be in the City's best interest.
NOW. THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA
MONICA DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That the City Council finds that the require-
ment exists for a IS-passenger van-type station wagon for use by
the Police Department.
SECTION 2. That canvass of sixteen (16) local dealers
satisfies the intent of city charter and municipal code provisions
calling for competitive bidding.
SECTION 3. That only one suitable vehicle is known to
be available and that to advertise formally for bids would entail
expense and additional delay with no assurance of a lower acquisition
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SECTION 4. That formal bid procedure is waived and the
City Manager is authorized to negotiate directly for the van-type
station wagon with the dollar amount budgeted.
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SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption
of this resolution, and thenceforth and thereafter the same shall
be in full force and effect.
ADOPTED and APPROVED this 24th day of
August
1976.
Ams/! u:Jf
~,t. City Clerk
(JI--- ~ i hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was
duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Monica
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Mayor
a t a regular
day of August
Council:
meeting thereof, held on the 24th
, 1976 by the following vote of the
AYES: Councilmen: Cohen, Judson, McCloskey, Reed,
Swink, van den Steenhoven, Trives
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSEm: Counc ilmen: None
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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~ Asst. City Clerk
City Attorney
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