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Resolution authorizing a no-bid purchase of a police vehicle

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On December 4, 2023 the City Council approved, on its consent agenda, the final reading of a resolution authorizing a contract for the procurement of a police department vehicle without competitive bidding. The resolution text authorizes a contract not to exceed $45,000 and expires after six months unless renewed. The consent agenda roll call was 6–0. The vendor is not established by these records.

Documented status: Approved (recorded), Dec 4 2023. Evidence dated . Later outcomes require a later source.

What changed, and when did it take effect?

  1. · Approved · Recorded in minutes

    City Council approves the procurement resolution on the consent agenda

    Meeting date: Dec 4 2023. Agenda item 1. (consent agenda): Approve the Final Reading of a Resolution Authorizing a Contract for the Procurement of a Police Department Vehicle. Authorized amount, not to exceed: $45,000 for goods. Item VI: the motion carried (6 to 0, 1 absent); moved by Alderperson Moran, seconded by Alderperson Lawrence.

    • p. 3 · Staff memo of Approve the Final Reading of a Resolution Authorizing a Contract for the Procurement of a Police Department Vehicle (Memorandum), City Council, Dec 4 2023. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2023-12-04, City Council, Dec 4 2023. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 5 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2023-12-04, City Council, Dec 4 2023. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 2 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2023-12-04, City Council, Dec 4 2023. Open the quote and source.

What was requested, recommended, approved, contracted, reported paid and completed?

Amounts are read from the cited pages and added up by code. A recommendation, an award or an authorized amount does not establish that money was paid.

  • Authorized amount (not to exceed) · Dec 4, 2023

    $45,000

    Goods

    • p. 3 · Staff memo of Approve the Final Reading of a Resolution Authorizing a Contract for the Procurement of a Police Department Vehicle (Memorandum), City Council, Dec 4 2023. Open the quote and source.

Contracts, payments and completion

  1. · Approved · Recorded in minutes

    City Council approves the procurement resolution on the consent agenda

    Meeting date: Dec 4 2023. Agenda item 1. (consent agenda): Approve the Final Reading of a Resolution Authorizing a Contract for the Procurement of a Police Department Vehicle. Authorized amount, not to exceed: $45,000 for goods. Item VI: the motion carried (6 to 0, 1 absent); moved by Alderperson Moran, seconded by Alderperson Lawrence.

    • p. 3 · Staff memo of Approve the Final Reading of a Resolution Authorizing a Contract for the Procurement of a Police Department Vehicle (Memorandum), City Council, Dec 4 2023. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2023-12-04, City Council, Dec 4 2023. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 5 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2023-12-04, City Council, Dec 4 2023. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 2 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2023-12-04, City Council, Dec 4 2023. Open the quote and source.

Which parcels, agencies, businesses and projects are explicitly connected?

Official identifiers and exhibit listings connect records. A name, an address or distance alone only suggests a connection.

No explicit connection is published for this item.

What remains unresolved?

  • Open

    This resolution shall expire and be of no further force and effect six (6) months from the date hereof

    Confirm dates with the City before relying on them.

    • p. 3 · Staff memo of Approve the Final Reading of a Resolution Authorizing a Contract for the Procurement of a Police Department Vehicle (Memorandum), City Council, Dec 4 2023. Open the quote and source.

Open questions

No open question is recorded for this item.

What does the evidence suggest, and what would change it?

No conflicting records are published for this item.

Official source records

  1. Approve the Final Reading of a Resolution Authorizing a Contract for the Procurement of a Police Department Vehicle (Memorandum)

    City Council, Dec 4 2023

  2. City Council minutes, 2023-12-04

    City Council, Dec 4 2023

Editions and corrections

Each published change is a new edition. Corrections say what changed and why.

  1. Edition 2(current)

    Edition 2: 2 revised.

  2. Edition 1Read this edition

    First edition.

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Suggested citation: GroundSignal, “Resolution authorizing a no-bid purchase of a police vehicle,” sources reviewed 2026-09-25, source records listed on this page.

Initial permanent evidence page published September 10, 2026. Follow the dated evidence above for later additions and changes. A source-check date alone does not establish a government action or project outcome.