8203 Fire Equipment PurchaseTti L' SALINA
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_ ORDINANCE NUMBER 8203
(Published in The Salina Journal LzdP� , 1972)
AN ORDINANCE DECLARING AN EMERGENCY TO EXIST IN REGARD TO NECESSARY
FIRE DEPARTMENT EQUIPMENT; PROVIDING FOR THE PURCHASE OF CERTAIN EQUIPMENT FOR
THE CITY OF SALINA, KANSAS, AND PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT THEREFOR.
WHEREAS, the City of Salina, Kansas, in order to properly protect and
service the city and the public, has imposed upon it by law the duty of maintaining
a properly equipped, modern fire department; and
WHEREAS, the said fire department is lacking in certain equipment
necessary to the efficient operation of said fire department; and
WHEREAS, the said city is without funds for the purchase of said
necessary and essential equipment;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF
SALINA, KANSAS:
Section 1. That an emergency within the meaning of K.S.A. 1971 Supp.
12-110a exists which makes it necessary in order to properly protect and service
the city and the public, to purchase certain fire department equipment consisting
of one (1) Aerial Quint equipped with 1,250 GPM Centrifugal Class "A" fire pump,
a one hundred foot (100'), all steel, hydraulic, midship mounted aerial ladder
and a three hundred (300) gallon water tank, and one (1) triple combination pumper
equipped with a 1,250 GPM Centrifugal Class "A" fire pump and a 500 gallon water
tank and miscellaneous equipment to be used in maintaining the necessary efficiency
for the proper fighting of fires.
Section 2. That said equipment shall be purchased in accordance with
the recommendations of the Fire Chief with the approval of the Governing Body,
and that the amount to be expended for such purpose shall not in any event exceed
the sum of $150,000.00
Section 3. That on passage and publication of this ordinance the City
Clerk shall file an application with the State Board of Tax Appeals, State of
Kansas, pursuant to K.S.A. 1971 Supp. 12-110a requesting permission to make such
an expenditure. Said application shall be in writing and contain a copy of this
ordinance, together with the recommendation of the Chief of the Fire Department
of said city.
Section 4. That, if upon hearing being had, the said State Board of
Tax Appeals shall determine that such expenditure is necessary to properly protect
said city, the City Clerk is hereby authorized to advertise for bids for the purchase
of such equipment as shall be indicated by the Governing Body; and where bids are
required by law to be taken, the contract therefor shall be let to the lowest
responsible bidder as determined by said Governing Body, the right being reserved
to reject any and all bids; and as to any such equipment for the purchase of which
bids are not required, the Governing Body shall let contract of purchase as
provided by law.
Section 5. That by the statutory provisions of law and more particularly
under the authority of K.S.A. 1971 Supp. 12-110a, the Governing Body shall for the
purpose of defraying the cost and expense of said purchase of one (1) Aerial Quint
equipped with 1,250 GPM Centrifugal Class "A" fire pump, a one hundred foot (100'),
all steel, hydraulic, midship mounted aerial ladder and a three hundred (300)
gallon water tank, and one (1) triple combination pumper equipped with a 1,250 GPM
Centrifugal Class "A" fire pump and a 500 gallon water tank and miscellaneous
equipment issue no -fund warrants of the City of Salina, Kansas, in an amount or
amounts not to exceed the contract price thereof, and in no event in an amount
greater than $150,000.00. Said warrants shall draw interest at the rate of not
to exceed eight percent (8%) per annum, and shall mature serially at such yearly
dates as to be payable by not more than five (5) tax levies as provided in K.S.A.
1971 Supp. 12-110a. The Governing Body shall levy and assess general assessments
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in an amount sufficient to retire said warrants, and the City Clerk shall certify
the assessments to the County Clerk of Saline County, Kansas, in said amount and
in the same manner and subject to the same penalty as other city taxes; and the
tax levy in accordance herewith shall not fall within or be counted in the total
of taxes levied by the City of Salina for ascertaining its total aggregate levy.
Section 6. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and
after its passage and publication once in the official city newspaper.
Introduced: April 17, 1972
Passed: April 24, 1972
Jack Weisger e Mayor
(SEAL)
Attest:
D. L. Harrison, City Clerk