2001-072-RES DECLARING AN EMERGENCY IN PURCHASE OF NEW AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM FOR POLICE AND MUNI COURTS BLDG

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RESOLUTION NO. 2001-072 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, DECLARING AN EMERGENCY IN THE PURCHASE OF A NEW AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM FOR THE POLICE AND MUNICIPAL COURTS BUILDING; SUSPENDING THE REQUIREMENTS OF STATE LA WREQUIRING FORMAL NOTICE AND ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS; RATIFYING AND ACCEPTING INFORMAL BIDS; APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AND THE CITY CLERK TO ATTEST TO A PURCHASE CONTRACT OR OTHER NECESSARY DOCUMENTS INCIDENT TO THE PURCHASE OF AN AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM FOR THE POLICE AND MUNICIPAl, COURTS BUILDING; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the personnel at the Police and Municipal Courts Building of the City of Paris conduct day-to-day activities incident to and necessary for the protection of the public health and safety of the citizens of the City of Paris; and, WHEREAS, the Police and Municipal Courts Building operates on a twenty-four hour basis, including the operation of expensive and important computer and communications equipment which is sensitive to temperature and atmospheric conditions; and, WHEREAS, the Police and Municipal Courts Building also includes a detention facility for detaining individuals for as long as seventy-two hours or longer; and, WHEREAS, the ability to control the temperature and climate conditions in the Police and Municipal Courts Building through the use of an effective and efficient air conditioning system is an absolute necessity to the efficiency and operation of the Police Department, the Courts Department, and the detention facility, and is an absolute necessity to the health and well being of the police officers, dispatchers, court personnel, and jail detainees; and, WHEREAS, Subchapter B of Chapter 252 of the Local Government Code provides that competitive bidding is required before a municipality may enter into a contract that requires an expenditure ofrnore than $15,000; and, WHEREAS, Section 252.022 of Subchapter B of Chapter 252 of the Local Government Code sets out exceptions and exemptions to the requirement for competitive bidding; and, WHEREAS, the City of Paris, by action of the City Council, has adopted the requirements of Chapter 242 for procurements by the City of Paris; and, WHEREAS, Section 252.022 (a) (I), (2), and (3) of the Local Government Code provide that procurements made because of a public calamity requiring the immediate appropriation of