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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso. 78-071 - Rejecting Sole Bid Rec’d for Electro/Optical Distancemeter with Optical-Reading Theodolite, Bid Schedule #1015, Declaring Said Equipment can be Acquired for more Favorable Price in the Open Market, Authorize Negotiation Therefor RESOLUTION NO. 'c —/` A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING REJECTING THE SOLE BID RECEIVED FOR AN ELECTRO/OPTICAL DISTANCEMETER WITH OPTICAL-READING THEODOLITE, BID SCHEDULE #1015 , AND DECLARING THAT SAID EQUIPMENT CAN BE ACQUIRED FOR A MORE FAVORABLE PRICE IN THE OPEN MARKET, AND AUTHORIZING NEGOTIATION THEREFOR. WHEREAS , Council called for bids for an Electro/Optical Distancemeter with Optical-Reading Theodolite , in Bid Invitation Schedule No. 1015 , bid opening held May 30 , 1978 , and WHEREAS , the City received only one bid, which sub- stantially exceeded the sum budgeted for the equipment, and WHEREAS, the City Manager has advised the City Council that , in his opinion , he can obtain the required equipment by negotiation in the open market for a more favorable price , and WHEREAS , the City Council has studied the aforesaid matter and deems it to be in the best interests of the City to approve the recommendation of the City Manager, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Redding, as follows : 1. That the foregoing recitals are true and correct. 2 . That the bid received for an Electro/Optical Distancemeter with Optical-Reading Theodolite , submitted on or before May 30 , 1978 , under Bid Schedule No. 1015 , is rejected. 3. That the City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to enter into negotiations with one or more manufacturers or suppliers of such equipment , and to purchase said required equipment at a price favorable to the City of Redding. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was intro- duced and read at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Redding on the 5th day of June , 1978 , and was duly adopted at said meeting by the following vote : AYES : COUNCILMEN : Fulton, Gard, Kirkpatrick, Pugh, and Demsher NOES : COUNCILMEN: None ABSENT: COUNCILMEN : None c ATTEST: S7 V� —i— / DONALD M. DEMSHER �J �/ Mayor of the City of Redding MILDRED L. BRAYTON, City Clerk pQ FO1APPROVED.1) EARL .D. MURPHY, City Attorney .