IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE appropriating $7,218.00 from the fund balance of the 2011 Federal Forfeiture Fund and awarding a contract for the furnishing of firearms for use by the Sheriff's Office and the Park Ranger Division of the Parks and Recreation Department to GT Distributors of Austin, TX, at a cost to the County not to exceed $14,467.95, as a sole source purchase, and declaring certain property as unusable and obsolete and authorizing its disposal by way of a trade-in.
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ORDINANCE #4361, October 3, 2011
INTRODUCED BY James D. Tindall, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the Sheriff's Office and the Park Ranger Division of the Parks and Recreation Department desire to take advantage of a trade-in program offered by GT Distributors, the authorized distributor in this region for the County's existing Glock service pistols; and,
WHEREAS, the County's existing Glock service pistols are thirteen years old and the night sights on the weapons are past the established service life; and,
WHEREAS, the trade-in program offered by the distributor will allow pistols that normally sell for $409.00 to be purchased by the County for $50.00 each; 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 recommends that he not take competitive bids with regard to said firearms for the reason that GT Distributors is the designated factory distributor in this region for these firearms and is therefore a sole source; and,
WHEREAS, the Director further recommends that the existing firearms used by the Sheriff's Office and the Park Rangers be declared unusable and be used as a trade-in on this purchase; and,
WHEREAS, the Sheriff has proposed to use federal forfeiture funds to partially accomplish this purchase for his departme...
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