HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 18-047RESOLUTION NO. 18-047
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 four (4)
Chevrolet Tahoe vehicles from Silsbee Ford, of Silsbee, Texas, for the Police
Department and Fire Department in the amount of $138,428.52 ; and,
WHEREAS, the pricing of the . four (4) Chevrolet vehicles was obtained from
Silsbee Ford's sister company, Lake Country Chevrolet, of Jasper, Texas; and,
WHEREAS, Silsbee Ford is only able to provide the Chevrolets through Lake
Country Chevrolet, therefore, it is necessary to issue a purchase order to Lake Country
Chevrolet for the four (4) Chevrolet vehicles; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council is of the opinion that approving the issuance of a
new purchase order to Lake Country Chevrolet, of Jasper, Texas, for the previously
approved purchase of four (4) Chevrolet Tahoe vehicles for the Police Department and
Fire Department is proper and 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 the issuance of a new purchase order to
Lake Country Chevrolet, of Jasper, Texas, for the previously approved purchase of four
(4) Chevrolet Tahoe vehicles for the Police Department and Fire Department
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 27th day of
February, 2018.
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66yor Becky Ames