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RESOLUTION NO. 75-95 <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY <br />OF SANTA ANA WAIVING NORMAL BIDDING REQUIRE- <br />MENTS IN ORDER TO EXPEDITE THE PURCHASE OF <br />AN AMBULANCE AND APPURTENANCES FOR USE BY THE <br />SANTA ANA FIRE DEPARTMENT <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the Fire Department of the City of Santa Ana <br />is in urgent need of an ambulance and appurtenances so that <br />it is better able to serve the citizens of Santa Ana; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, if normal bidding procedures for the <br />purchase of said ambulance and appurtenances were followed, <br />the time consumed would greatly endanger the lives and health <br />of the citizenry; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Santa Ana <br />must still approve the written contract for the purchase of <br />said ambulance and appurtenances which would be time consuming <br />in and of itself; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, Section 421 of the Charter of the City of <br />Santa Ana authorizes that contracts may be let without advertising <br />for bids, if such equipment shall be deemed by the City Council <br />to be of urgent necessity for the preservation of life, health, <br />or property, and shall be authorized by motion passed by the <br />affirmative votes of at least two-thirds of the members of <br />the City Council and containing a declaration of the facts <br />constituting such urgency. <br /> <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council <br />of the City of Santa Ana, declaring that the purchase of an <br />ambulance and appurtenances is urgently needed to preserve <br />life and health within the City, does hereby waive the competitive <br />bidding procedures of Charter Section 421 in order to expedite <br />the purchase of an ambulance and appurtenances for use by the <br />Santa Ana Fire Department. <br /> <br /> PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City <br />of Santa Ana at its regular meeting held on the <br /> 21st day of $u~¥ , 1975. <br /> <br />ATTEST: <br /> <br />VI CE MAYOR <br /> <br />fLORENCE I. MALONE <br /> <br /> <br />