CC MEETING: May 6, 2024
DATE: April 14, 2025
TO: Erin Rinehart, City Manager
FROM: Michael Thomson, Fire Chief
Rex Redden, Executive Director of Public Safety
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Consider Authorizing The City Manager To Enter Into An Agreement With Siddons-Martin Emergency Group For The Purchase Of Fire Tools, Equipment, And Mounting Hardware Through an Inter-Local Agreement With Buy-Board In An Amount Not To Exceed $59,000.00
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BACKGROUND:
This agenda item is for purchasing fire equipment, tools, and related mounting hardware used by firefighters during both non-emergency and emergency operations. Due to the anticipated replacement of damaged, outdated, and end-of-life tools, equipment, and related mounting hardware, Carrollton Fire Rescue will surpass the $50,000.00 purchasing threshold during Fiscal Year 2025. Carrollton Fire Rescue is seeking Council approval to purchase fire equipment, tools, and mounting hardware in an amount not to exceed $59,000.00 during Fiscal Year 2025.
The fire equipment, tools, and mounting hardware will be purchased through our interlocal agreement with Buy-Board. Texas law authorizes this process so that the City can save the time of developing specifications and avoid the duplication of the competitive bidding process. Buy-Board meets all the state of Texas bidding requirements.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
The fire equipment, tools, and mounting hardware will be purchased from funds budgeted in the Fire Department's Fiscal Year 2025 budget.
IMPACT ON COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY:
The fire equipment, tools, and mounting hardware are used during the course of responding to and mitigating both non-emergency and emergency incidents. The fire equipment, tools, and mounting hardware are designed to be used by firefighters during emergency operations, including structure fires, vehicle fires, rubbish fires, grass fires, vehicle collisions, rescue operations, and any other hazardous situation in which fire equipment, tools, and m...
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