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Resolution allowing a no-bid police vehicle purchase

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On February 20, 2024 the City Council approved, on its consent agenda, a resolution authorizing a contract to buy one Police Department vehicle for no more than $45,000. The draft resolution grants a limited exception from the City's competitive bidding rules, citing supply-chain problems with bids and purchasing cooperatives; the staff memo names a Ford Explorer to replace an older command vehicle. The seller is not identified. The roll call was 6–0. Source: draft minutes.

Documented status: Approved (recorded in draft minutes), Feb 20 2024. Evidence dated . Later outcomes require a later source.

What changed, and when did it take effect?

  1. · Approved · Recorded in draft minutes

    City Council approves the resolution

    Meeting date: Feb 20 2024. Authorized amount, not to exceed: $45,000 for goods. Item VI: the motion carried (6 to 0, 1 absent).

    • p. 1 · Draft minutes of City Council - February 20, 2024, City Council, Mar 4 2024. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 2 · Draft minutes of City Council - February 20, 2024, City Council, Mar 4 2024. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 2 · Draft minutes of City Council - February 20, 2024, City Council, Mar 4 2024. 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) · Feb 20, 2024

    $45,000

    Goods

    • p. 2 · Draft minutes of City Council - February 20, 2024, City Council, Mar 4 2024. Open the quote and source.

Contracts, payments and completion

  1. · Approved · Recorded in draft minutes

    City Council approves the resolution

    Meeting date: Feb 20 2024. Authorized amount, not to exceed: $45,000 for goods. Item VI: the motion carried (6 to 0, 1 absent).

    • p. 1 · Draft minutes of City Council - February 20, 2024, City Council, Mar 4 2024. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 2 · Draft minutes of City Council - February 20, 2024, City Council, Mar 4 2024. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 2 · Draft minutes of City Council - February 20, 2024, City Council, Mar 4 2024. Open the quote and source.

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

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What remains unresolved?

  • Open

    to grant a limited exception from the City’s procurement ordinances and policies

    Confirm dates with the City before relying on them.

    • p. 2 · Staff memo of Approve a Resolution authorizing a contract for procurement of a Police Department vehicle not to exceed $45,000.00 (Memorandum), City Council, Feb 20 2024. 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. City Council - February 20, 2024

    City Council, Mar 4 2024

  2. Approve a Resolution authorizing a contract for procurement of a Police Department vehicle not to exceed $45,000.00 (Memorandum)

    City Council, Feb 20 2024

Editions and corrections

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  1. Edition 2(current)

    Edition 2: 2 revised.

  2. Edition 1(shown on this page)

    First edition.

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Suggested citation: GroundSignal, “Resolution allowing a no-bid police vehicle purchase,” sources reviewed 2026-09-24, source records listed on this page.

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