HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2016-136 N.C.S. 09/12/2016Resolution No. 2016 -136 N.C.S.
of the City of Petaluma, California
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF
TWO DEMONSTRATION EMERGENCY TYPE I
AMBULANCES FROM BRAUN NORTHWEST INC., CHEHALIS, WA
IN THE AMOUNT OF $360,810.24
WHEREAS, as part of the 2016 -2017 Vehicle and Equipment Replacement Program, the
Fire Department identified an immediate need for two emergency Type I ambulances; and
WHEREAS, the funding for the desired demonstration emergency Type I ambulances is
available from the Vehicle and Equipment Replacement Fund which is being funded by a loan
from the Wastewater Utility Fund via Resolution 2016 -073 N.C.S. and Resolution 2016 -106
N.C.S.; and
WHEREAS, due to economic conditions, the City's fleet replacement fund has been
unable to consistently meet the optimum fleet replacement cycle for ambulances; and
WHEREAS, two demonstration ambulances have been located at Braun Northwest Inc.,
Chehalis, WA, the closest available supplier of vehicles which meet all of the Petaluma Fire
Department specifications for dual role Firefighter/Paramedic emergency response and which
can be delivered by December, 2016; and
WHEREAS, demonstration ambulances are one -of -a -kind vehicles, already fabricated
for show and demonstration proposes; and
WHEREAS, Petaluma Municipal Code Section 4.04.050 provides that "The procedures
set forth in Sections 4.04.080 and 4.04.090 may be dispensed with only when an emergency
requires that an order be placed with the nearest available source of supply, when the commodity
can be obtained from only one vendor or when purchase is pursuant to Section 4.04.100 "; and
WHEREAS, there is an immediate and urgent need for additional front -line ambulances,
and the nearest vendor for suitably, and similarly, equipped ambulances to meet the City's
specifications are the demonstration ambulances available from Braun Northwest, Inc., Chehalis,
WA; and
WHEREAS, there have been increased maintenance needs and service issues with the
City's older reserve emergency vehicles resulting in inadequate access to equipment, and newer,
dependable reserve vehicles are needed to continue responding to a variety of emergency
incidents; and
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WHEREAS, the current 2012 and 2013 front -line ambulances would be welcomed
additions to the reserve fleet and would therefore create an immediate need for two new front-
line ambulances and the nearest vendor for two suitably- equipped ambulances to meet the
Department's Firefighter/Paramedic specifications are the demonstration ambulances available
from Braun Northwest, Inc., Chehalis, WA.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council authorizes the
purchase of two demonstration emergency Type I ambulances from Braun Northwest, Inc.,
Chehalis, WA in the amount of $360,810.24.
Under the power and authority conferred upon this Council by the Charter of said City.
REFERENCE: I hereby certify the foregoing Resolution was introduced and adopted by the , Approved - to
Council of the City of Petaluma at a Regular meeting on the 12`h day of September, # for
2016, by the following vote:
City #Ittorney
AYES: Albertson, Barrett, Mayor Glass, Healy, Kearney, Vice Mayor King, Miller /111 1
Mayor
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