24-R-27 Farrwest Specialty Vehicles Purchase Emergency Vehicle EquiptmentRESOLUTION NO.24-R-27
A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS
AUTHORIZING EXPENDITURES WITH FARRWESTSPECIALTY VEHICLES
FOR THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF EMERGENCY VEHICLE
EQUIPMENT NOT TO EXCEED THREE HUNDRED TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS
DURING THE 2023-2024 FISCAL YEAR.
WHEREAS, the Schertz Police Department is purchasing and installing emergency
vehicle equipment for newly purchased patrol vehicles; and
WHEREAS, the City has determined that Farrwest, a cooperative vendor, provides the
best -value to the City for essential emergency vehicle equipment; and
WHEREAS, the Schertz Police Department has chosen Farrwest, a BuyBoard National
Purchasing Cooperative vendor, for the purchase and install of this equipment; and
WHEREAS, the BuyBoard National Purchasing Cooperative is a national online
purchasing cooperative formed between the National School Boards Association and several state
school boards associations, developed to comply with state laws which require government entities
to make purchases through a competitive procurement process: and
WHEREAS, BuyBoard gives public entities the advantage of leveraging the cooperative's
ability to obtain bulk discounts, combined with the ease of online, web -based shopping and
ordering; and
WHEREAS, purchases under the cooperative programs meet the requirements under the
Texas Local Government Purchasing Code rule for cooperative purchases as adopted by the City
of Schertz Resolution 11-R-41 on August 30, 2011 amending the City's purchasing policy; and
WHEREAS, the City of Schertz will fund the purchase of Farrwest patrol vehicle
equipment and install through the approved 2023-2024 annual police department budget.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SCHERTZ, TEXAS THAT:
Section 1. The City Council hereby authorizes the expenditures with Farrwest Specialty
Vehicles not to exceed $310,000.00 for Fiscal Year 2023-2024.
Section 2. The recitals contained in the preamble hereof are hereby found to be true, and
such recitals are hereby made a part of this Resolution for all purposes and are adopted as
a part of the judgment and findings of the City Council.
Section 3. All resolutions or parts thereof, which are in conflict or inconsistent with any
provision of this Resolution are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict, and the
provisions of this Resolution shall be and remain controlling as to the matters resolved
herein.
Section 4. This Resolution shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of
the State of Texas and the United States of America.
Section 5. If any provision of this Resolution or the application thereof to any person or
circumstance shall be held to be invalid, the remainder of this Resolution and the
application of such provision to other persons and circumstances shall nevertheless be
valid, and the City Council hereby declares that this Resolution would have been enacted
without such invalid provision.
Section 6. It is officially found, determined, and declared that the meeting at which this
Resolution is adopted was open to the public and public notice of the time, place, and
subject matter of the public business to be considered at such meeting, including this
Resolution, was given, all as required by Chapter 551, Texas Government Code, as
amended.
Section 7. This Resolution shall be in force and effect from and after its final passage, and
it is so resolved.
PASSED AND ADOPTED, this � day ofV&'24.
CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS
Ral Gutie ez, Mayor
A T:
Shkila Edmon(s )n, City Secretary