IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION awarding a contract for the purchase of a mobile communications command vehicle for use by the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office to Farber Specialty Vehicles, Inc. of Reynoldsburg, OH, under the terms and conditions of Henrico County, Virginia Contract No. 2578A, an existing competitively bid government contract, at an actual cost to the County in the amount of $720,420.00.
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RESOLUTION NO. 22030, September 8, 2025
INTRODUCED BY Venessa Huskey, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office is the 911 Public Safety Answering Point and Dispatch Center for the Sheriff’s Office and ten (10) other law enforcement or law enforcement-adjacent agencies; and,
WHEREAS, the Sheriff’s Office provides these communication services from the Communications Center at Sheriff’s Office Headquarters; and,
WHEREAS, the Sheriff’s Office is requesting the purchase of a mobile communications command center vehicle to provide both a short-term backup communications center, and a communications command center for on-site response to emergency or large-scale public safety incidents in Eastern Jackson County served by the Sheriff’s Office and/or outside agencies including those for whom the Sheriff’s Office provides communications services; and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to section 1030.4 of the Jackson County Code, the Sheriff and Director of Finance and Purchasing recommend the award of a contract for the furnishing purchase of a mobile communications command vehicle for use by the Sheriff’s Office to Farber Specialty Vehicles, Inc. of Reynoldsburg, OH, under the terms and conditions of Henrico County, Virginia Contract No. 2578A, an existing competitively bid government contract, at an actual cost to the County in the amount of $720,420.00; and,
WHEREAS, an award under the state contract is recommended due to the significant discounts offered to larger entities; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the award be made under the existing competitively bid government contract as recommended by the Sheriff and Director of Finance and Purchasing and that the Director be and hereby is authorized to execute any documents necessary to the accomplishment of the award; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of Finance and Purchasing be and hereby is authorized to make all payments, including final payment on the contract.
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date: This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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County Counselor
Certificate of Passage
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution No. 22030 of September 8, 2025, was duly passed on ______________________, 2025 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas _________________ Nays ______________
Abstaining _____________ Absent ____________
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Date Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature
Fiscal Note
There is a balance otherwise unencumbered to the credit of the appropriation to which the expenditure is chargeable and there is a cash balance otherwise unencumbered in the treasury to the credit of the fund from which payment is to be made each sufficient to provide for the obligation herein authorized.
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 031 4205 58130
ACCOUNT TITLE: 911 System Fund
Regional Radio System
Trucks
NOT TO EXCEED: $720,450.00
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Date Chief Administrative Officer