Record of Resolutions

Resolution No.: 2001-26                                            Passed: Sep. 28, 2001

RESOLUTION PURSUANT TO O.R.C. § 721.15 DETERMINING THAT CERTAIN TANKER EQUIPMENT IS NOT NEEDED FOR PUBLIC USE AND THAT CERTAIN OTHER TANKER EQUIPMENT IS NEEDED, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY

WHEREAS, it has been determined that the 1972 GMC tanker presently used by the Fire Department of the Village of West Lafayette, Ohio, is not needed for public use;

WHEREAS, it has been estimated that the value of the 1972 GMC tanker presently used by the Fire Department of the Village of West Lafayette, Ohio, is in excess of One Thousand and no/100 Dollars ($1,000.00);

WHEREAS, it has been determined that a 1996 Freightliner FL70 tanker such as has been recently examined and tested by the Fire Department of the Village of West Lafayette, Ohio, is needed for public use;

WHEREAS, the Council of the Village of West Lafayette, Ohio, further finds that it will be to the best interest of the municipal corporation that such sale of said unneeded 1972 GMC tanker be made simultaneously with the purchase of the new 1996 Freightliner FL70 tanker;

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF WEST LAFAYETTE, STATE OF OHIO, as follows:

1.  The Council of the Village of West Lafayette, Ohio, shall offer for sale said 1972 GMC tanker and shall advertise for bids pursuant to O.R.C. § 721.15 for said 1972 GMC tanker;

2.  The Council of the Village of West Lafayette, Ohio, shall advertise for bids pursuant to O.   R.C. § 721.15 for the purchase of said 1996 Freightliner FL70 tanker;

3.  At the discretion of the Council of the Village of West Lafayette, Ohio, the Council of the    Village of West Lafayette, Ohio, may have the selling price for said 1972 GMC tanker      credited against the purchase price of said 1996 Freightliner FL70 tanker and may     consummate such sale and purchase by a single contract with the lowest and best bidder to be determined by subtracting from the selling price of said 1996 Freightliner FL70 tanker to     be purchased by said municipal corporation the purchase price offered for said municipally   owned 1972 GMC tanker;

4.  The Clerk-Treasurer of the Village of West Lafayette, Ohio, shall herewith carry out the      advertising for bids pursuant to O.R.C. § 721.15 pursuant to the above provisions of this     Resolution and shall advertise for not less than two nor more than four consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation within the Village of West Lafayette, Ohio, and he shall      include in the same advertisement a notice of willingness to accept bids for the purchase of   said 1972 GMC tanker not needed for public use, and to have the amount of such bids subtracted from the selling price of said 1996 Freightliner FL70 tanker as a means of determining the lowest and best bidder;

5.          This Resolution shall be and herewith is declared to be an emergency resolution, the   emergency being the necessity of upgrading the equipment of the Fire Department of the   Village of West Lafayette, Ohio, so as to protect the lives and property of the residents of      the Village of West Lafayette and to assist in putting out fires in the surrounding     countryside which if spread can endanger the lives and property of the residents of the    Village of West Lafayette, Ohio, and this Resolution shall therefore be effective immediately upon passage by Council.

Passed by Council this 28th day of September, 2001.

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                                      Jack L. Patterson

Attest:

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Bruce E. Fouch

Clerk / Treasurer

APPROVED AS TO FORM:

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R. Q. Baker, III

Village Solicitor

Village of West Lafayette, Ohio

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