File #: 4949    Version: 0 Name: Appropriating funds for Sheriff unmanned Aerial System
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 12/5/2016 In control: Justice and Law Enforcement Committee
On agenda: 12/5/2016 Final action: 12/16/2016
Title: AN ORDINANCE appropriating $16,114.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2016 Federal Forfeiture Fund and awarding a contract for the furnishing of an unmanned aerial system with associated training and maintenance to Skyfire Consulting, LLC, for use by the Sheriff's Office, at a cost to the County not to exceed $16,114.00, as a sole source purchase.
Sponsors: Alfred Jordan
Indexes: AERIAL SYSTEM, CONTRACT, FEDERAL FORFEITURE FUND
Code sections: 1030.1 - Jackson County Code, 1984
Attachments: 1. 4949bu, 2. 4949adopt

IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI


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AN ORDINANCE appropriating $16,114.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2016 Federal Forfeiture Fund and awarding a contract for the furnishing of an unmanned aerial system with associated training and maintenance to Skyfire Consulting, LLC, for use by the Sheriff's Office, at a cost to the County not to exceed $16,114.00, as a sole source purchase.


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ORDINANCE NO. 4949, December 5, 2016

INTRODUCED BY Alfred Jordan, County Legislator


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WHEREAS, the Sheriff's Office desires to purchase an unmanned aerial system and related services; and,

WHEREAS, the Director of Finance and Purchasing recommends the award of a contract for this purchase to Skyfire Consulting, LLC, of Decatur, GA; and,

WHEREAS, section 1030.1, Jackson County Code, 1984, eliminates the requirement for competitive bidding when items to be purchased can be obtained from only one source; and,

WHEREAS, the Director of Finance and Purchasing further recommends that he not take competitive bids with regard to said contract for the reason that Skyfire Consulting is the only provider of the product with the related training and maintence that the Sheriff's Office requires; and,

WHEREAS, an appropriation is necessary to place available funds in the Federal Forfeiture Fund in the proper spending account for this purchase; now therefore,

BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following appropriation from the undesignated fund balance of the 2016 Federal Forfeiture Fund be and hereby is made:
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION FROM TO
Federal Forfeiture Fund
Sheriff

047-2810 Undesignated Fund Balance $16,114

047-4201 58170 - Other Equipment $16,114

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BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the purchase be made as recommended by the Director of Finance and Purchasing, and that the Dir...

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