RES 2022-17 Adopted RESOLUTION NO. 2022-17
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING FUNDING FOR
EQUIPMENT ADDITIONS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY VEHICLES
WHEREAS, on December 9, 2022 the City of North Augusta Public
Safety Department was dispatched to a possible burglary in progress that developed into a high
speed pursuit and active shooter situation with injury to an officer and damage to multiple
vehicles in the City's public safety fleet; and
WHEREAS, subsequent to this incident, the City's Public Safety Department
with support from the City Administrator researched alternate equipment for in-car rifle rack
storage and pursued obtaining sealed bids for the purchase of the racks; and
WHEREAS, 3 vendors responded to the bid request and based upon review of
the bid documents 2 were considered complete bid responses with the low bidder of Global
Public Safety LLC totaling$30,262.59; and
WHEREAS, funding has been identified within the operating budget of the
Public Safety Department sufficient to make the purchase; and
WHEREAS, the City Administrator and Public Safety Department support the
addition of in-car rifle rack storage to public safety fleet vehicles to assist public safety officers
in protecting and serving the citizens of North Augusta.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and City Council for the
City of North Augusta, in meeting duly assembled and by the authority thereof that the City is
authorized to purchase in-car rifle rack storage equipment from Global Public Safety and that
the funding source be the Public Safety Department operating budget within the General Fund
not to exceed $30,262.59.
DONE, RATIFIED AND ADOPTED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH AUGUSTA, SOUTH CAROLINA, ON THIS
DAY OF APRIL, 2022.
Bri S. Williams, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Sharon Lamar, City Clerk