Res 131-2014 12/2/2014
RESOLUTION NO. _R 131-2014_
Resolution authorizing the purchase of 2,430 roll -out refuse carts
through the Houston-Galveston Area Council (HGAC) cooperative
purchasing program from Schaefer Systems International, Inc., in the
amount of $135,297.50
W HEREAS, the City Council finds that this purchase is exempt from the State’s
competitive bidding requirements pursuant to TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE
§252.022, which reads as follows:
This chapter does not apply to expenditure for. . . (12) personal property sold:. . under an inter-
local contract for cooperative purchasing administered by a regional planning commission established
under Chapter 391.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Wichita Falls has passed a resolution
approving the participation in this cooperative agreement; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that Schaefer Systems International, Inc., is
offering these roll -out refuse carts through the Houston-Galveston Area Council
Cooperative Purchasing Program, and it is in the City’s best interest to purchase these
carts in accordance with the H-GAC Cooperative Purchasing Program.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT:
City staff is authorized to execute all documents necess ary to purchase 2,430
roll-out refuse carts from Schaefer Systems International, Inc., in the amount of
$135,297.50 through the H-GAC Cooperative Purchasing Program.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 2nd day of December, 2014.
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M A Y O R
ATTEST:
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City Clerk