HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 2023-R0510 - Purchase Vehicles And Equipment Approved For Replacement, FY 2023-24 - 10/10/2023Resolution No. 2023-RO510
Item No. 5.30
October 10, 2023
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, thc City of Lubbock Fleet Services Department administers a vehicle
replacement program that evaluates City vehicles and equipment to determine their remaining
useful life and replacement eligibility; and
WHEREAS, due to global supply chain issues causing limited inventories and unknown
delivery schedules, the current vehicle and equipment purchasing environment has become
increasingly unpredictable; and
WHEREAS, this creates difficulty for City of Lubbock Pleet Services Department to
anticipate what current and future supply of vehicles and equipment will be, especially due to
the highly competitive market for new vehicles and equipment; and
WHEREAS, the aforementioned factors are causing difficulty for City of Lubbock Fleet
Services Department to fulfill the City's vehicle and equipment replacement needs as the items
become available, especially as it regards the timing of and approval of such purchases; and
NOW THEREFORE:
BE IT RESOLVLD BY TH� CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY Or LUBBOCK:
THAT, due to continued national vehicle marketplace issues and the associated
shortage of available vehicles and equipment, the City Council of the City of Lubbock (the
"Council") hereby authorizes the City Manager to purchase the vehicles and equipment
scheduled for replacement on the PY 2023-24 Vehicle Replacement List, attached hereto as
Exhibit "A" and incorporated hcrein as if fully set forih; and
THAT, as part of the authorization herein, the Council delegates the authority to the
City Manager, or his designee, to approve purchase agreements and sign all related documents
for said vehicles and equipment, and
THAT, the purchases authorized herein shall comply with all competitive bidding
requirements, and shall be for an amount not to excced nine million eight hundred ninety-two
thousand five hundred and NO/100 ($9,892,500.00).
Passed by the City Council on October 10, 2023 __._ _.
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ATTEST:
Courtney Paz, City Secr ry
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
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Brooke Witcher, Assistant City Managcr
APPROVED AS "I'O FORM:
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Rachael Foster, Assistant City Attorney
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Resolution No. 2023-RO510
Exhibit A