Resolution 2018-11: Contract To Purchase EMS Squad

RESOLUTION NO. 2018-11

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE VILLAGE ADMINISTRATOR TO ENTER

INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH PENN CARE, INC. TO PURCHASE A BRAUN

AMBULANCE FOR THE VILLAGE EMS DEPARTMENT; AND DECLARING

THE SAME AN EMERGENCY

            WHEREAS, the Village EMS Department is in need of an ambulance in order to provide emergency medical services to the residents of the Village of Antwerp; and

 

WHEREAS, the Council for the Village of Antwerp passed Resolution No. 2014-11 for the Village Administrator to purchase supplies, services, equipment and certain other materials from the Department of Administrative Services, Office of State Purchasing, known as the State Cooperative Purchasing Program; and

 

WHEREAS, Penn Care, Inc. has presented a Purchase Agreement to the Village of Antwerp for a Braun ambulance, specifically a Braun 2017 Chief XL Type III Demo (7316), and the Village Administrator, as the agent of the Village under the State Cooperative Purchasing Program, is the proper person to enter into the Purchase Agreement for the purchase of an ambulance for the Village EMS Department.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the Village of Antwerp, Paulding County, Ohio:

 

Section 1.  The Village Administrator is authorized to enter into the Purchase Agreement with Penn Care, Inc. for a Braun 2017 Chief XL Type III Demo (7316), said Purchase Agreement attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Section 2.  The funds to purchase this ambulance will be from the EMS vehicle replacement fund.  Any funds needed in excess of the amount available in the EMS vehicle replacement fund for this purchase shall be paid from the EMS fund.

 

Section 3.  It is found and determined that all formal actions of the Council of the Village of Antwerp, Ohio, concerning or relating to the passage of this Resolution were adopted in an open meeting of the Council, and that all deliberations of the Council and any of its committees that resulted in such formal action, were in meetings open to the public, in compliance with all legal requirements.

 

Section 4.  This Resolution is hereby declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health, safety and welfare of the Village and for the further reason that the Village is in immediate need of an ambulance for the well-being and safety of the residents and this Resolution shall be in full force and effect immediately after its passage; otherwise, it shall take effect and be in full force after the earliest period allowed by law.

 

Passed: December 10, 2018.

Ray DeLong, Mayor

Attest:

 

 

Aimee Lichty, Fiscal Officer