03/26/2002 Resolutions 2002-88
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RES 0 L UTI 0 N 2002-88
WHEREAS, the City of Grand Island invited sealed bids for 1,000 FM Radio
S.A.M.E. Weather/All-Hazard Alert Units with a total not to exceed 3,500 units to be available over
a specified period oftime for the Community Projects Department/Project Impact, according to plans
and specifications on file with the Purchasing Division of the Legal Department; and
WHEREAS, Federal Emergency Management Act (FEMA) funding in the amount of
$174,000 through a Project Impact grant is available to assist in the funding of these weather radios,
with the City and consumer responsible for 25% of the total cost of the weather radios; and
WHEREAS, it is anticipated that the weather radios will be sold to the public at a cost
of $15 per unit; and
WHEREAS, on March 18, 2002, bids were received, opened and reviewed; and
WHEREAS, Weather or Not, Inc. of Shawnee, Kansas, submitted a bid in accordance
with the terms of the advertisement of bids and plans and specifications and all other statutory
requirements contained therein, such bid being in the amount of$232,000.00 or $67 per unit for the
first 1,000 units and $66 per unit for an additional 2,500 units.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA, that the bid of Weather or Not, Inc. of Shawnee,
Kansas, for FM Radio S.A.M.E. W eather/ All-Hazard Alert Units in the amount of $67 per unit for
the first 1,000 units and $66 per unit for an additional 2,500 units is hereby approved as the lowest
responsive bid.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Grand Island, Nebraska on March 26,2002.
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RaNae Edwards, City Clerk
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March 22, 2002 * City Attorney