25-R-023 Farrwest Specialty Authorizing ExpendituresRESOLUTION 25-R-023
A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ,
TEXAS, AUTHORIZING EXPENDITURES WITH . FARRWEST SPECIALTY
VEHICLES FOR THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF EMERGENCY
VEHICLE EQUIPMENT NOT TO EXCEED ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-ONE
THOUSAND, SEVEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX DOLLARS AND TWENTY-FIVE
CENTS.
WHEREAS, the Schertz Police Department is purchasing and installing emergency
vehicle equipment for newly purchased patrol vehicles; and
WHEREAS, the City of Schertz has determined 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 board 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 Fiscal Year 2024-2025 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 $191,736.25
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provision of this Resolution are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict, and the provisions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 S.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 of , 2025.
CITY OF S
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Mayor, 1ph Gutierrez
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City Secretary, Sheila Edmondson