TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: A. Jerome Fletcher II, ICMA-CM, MPA, City Manager
TITLE: Ratification of City Manager's Use of Emergency Authorization to Enter into a Contract with Nichols Contracting Inc. for Temporary Trailer Facility Hook Up Under Purchase Order No. 49819 in an Amount Not to Exceed $212,064.36 to Provide Workstations for Displaced Road and Drainage Facility Maintenance Staff.
Recommended Action
Ratification of City Manager's Use of Emergency Authorization to Enter into a Contract with Nichols Contracting Inc. for Temporary Trailer Facility Hook Up Under Purchase Order No. 49819 in an Amount Not to Exceed $212,064.36.
Background Information
On September 23, 2022, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis issued Executive Order Number 22-218, declaring a state of emergency for 24 counties, including Sarasota County, due to Tropical Depression Number Nine, which became Hurricane Ian. On September 24, 2022, Governor DeSantis issued Executive Order Number 22-219, amending Executive Order Number 22-218 and expanding the state of emergency to the entire State. On November 1, 2022, Governor DeSantis issued Executive Order Number 22-268, renewing the state of emergency for sixty (60) days.
On September 26, 2022, the City Commission adopted Ordinance No. 2022-30, declaring a local state of emergency and granting emergency authority to the City Manager. In his emergency authority, the City Manager entered into the following purchase order and attachments, which constitute a legal Contract. The City Manager requests that the City Commission ratify this Contract approval.
* Purchase Order #49819 and Contract attachments with Nichols Contracting Inc. for temporary trailer facility hookups in the amount of $212,064.36 for providing workstations for Road and Drainage and Facility Maintenance staff who were displaced following the damaged Public Works Road and Drainage Operations building.
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