HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2023-082 N.C.S. 06/05/2023 DocuSign Envelope ID:527B540E-AC34-435E-B155-6851AB611960
Resolution No. 2023-082 N.C.S.
of the City of Petaluma, California
AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF FIRE ENGINE EQUIPMENT
FROM GOLDEN STATE FIRE APPARATUS
WHEREAS,on October 18,2021 the Petaluma Fire Department approved Resolution No. 2021-166 N.C.S.,
which authorized the purchase of one Pierce Type 1 Fire Engine from Golden State Fire Apparatus in an amount
not to exceed $860,000 including tax through Sourcewell Cooperative Purchasing Program; and
WHEREAS, the Fire Department needs to place additional equipment related to life and safety in order to
bring the Pierce Type 1 Fire Engine into service; and
WHEREAS, the proposed Fiscal Year 2023-2024 budget includes $300,000 in Vehicle Equipment Fund
expenditures set aside for Type 1 engine equipment; and
WHEREAS, Public works contracts and equipment purchases are subject to the requirements of the City
Charter, which requires competitive bidding for acquisitions above a certain threshold, according to bidding
procedures specified in the purchasing chapter in the Municipal Code. Section 4.04.050 of the Municipal Code
allows dispensing with formal bidding when a commodity can be obtained from only one vendor. This is known
as the "sole source" exception; and
WHEREAS, the common law recognizes a bidding exception for circumstances where competitive bidding
of public contracts otherwise required by statute may be excused, including circumstances where the contract is
such that competitive proposals would be unavailing or would not produce an advantage, and the advertisement
for competitive bid would thus be undesirable, impractical, or impossible (Graydon v. Pasadena Redevelopment
Agency [1980] 104 CA3d 631); and
WHEREAS, the Fire Department's existing contract for the Pierce Type 1 Fire Engine was made through
Golden State Fire Apparatus, going through the two-month bidding process to purchase this equipment would not
provide an advantage to the City as the Fire Engine is estimated to be complete in July or August 2023 and is
needed immediately as the engine to be replaced is past its existing life, thus making the purchase of Type 1
engine equipment exempt from competitively awarded purchasing under the City's Charter and Municipal Code's
purchasing requirements; and
WHEREAS, Golden State Fire Apparatus submitted a quotation for $186,900.62 for Type 1 fire engine
equipment; and
WHEREAS, staff has reviewed the quotation from Golden State Fire Apparatus and found it to be complete
and within industry standards.
NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED,by the City Council of the City of Petaluma as follows:
1. Declares that the above recitals are true and correct and are incorporated into this resolution as findings of the
City Council.
2. Finds the proposed Project is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA) in accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15378, in that outfitting a fire engine does not meet
CEQA's definition of a"project,"because the action does not have the potential for resulting in either a direct
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physical change in the environment or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment,
and because the action constitutes organizational or administrative activities of governments that will not
result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment. If it was a"project"under CEQA it would be
exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 (Existing facilities) as this action allows the City to
modify an already purchased fire engine.
3. Authorizes the City Manager to execute all documents necessary to purchase Type I fire engine equipment
in the total amount of$186,900.62; and
4. Finds that the City's purchase of Type 1 fire engine equipment meets the City's Charter and Municipal Code's
purchasing requirements.
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 as to
Council of the City of Petaluma at a Regular meeting on the 51h day of June 2023, Docusigned%rm:
by the following vote:
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AYES: Mayor McDonnell,Vice Mayor Cader Thompson,Councilmembers Barnacle,
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NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
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