HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 18-014RESOLUTION NO. 18-014
WHEREAS, on November 7, 2017, the City Council of the City of Beaumont,
Texas, approved Resolution 17-234, for the purchase of fifty (50) vehicles for use by
various City departments from Silsbee Ford, of Silsbee, Texas, in the amount of
$2,056,868.97 through the GoodBuy Cooperative Purchasing Program; and,
WHEREAS, included in Resolution No. 17-234 was the purchase of a bucket
truck from Silsbee Ford for the Traffic Management Division in the amount of
$137,439.31; and,
WHEREAS, due to clerical error by the vendor, the pricing of the bucket truck
was incorrect; and,
WHEREAS, the corrected price is $172,752.31, reflecting an increase of
$35,313.00; and,
WHEREAS, pricing was obtained through the GoodBuy Cooperative Purchasing
Program; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council is of the opinion that approving the increase in
price for a previously approved purchase of a bucket truck for the Traffic Management
Division is in the best interest of the City of Beaumont and its citizens;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED
BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
THAT the statements and findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby,
in all things, approved and adopted; and,
THAT the City Council hereby approves an increase in price from $137,439.31 to
$172,752.31 for a previously approved purchase of a bucket truck for the Traffic
Management Division.
The meeting at which this resolution was approved was in all things conducted in
strict compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, Chapter
551.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the 16th day of
January, 2018.