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RESOLUTION NO: 97—C161
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RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA
WAIVING FORMAL SEALED BIDDING AND AUTHORIZING THE
'r ISSUANCE OF A PURCHASE ORDER FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED $5,500.00 FOR PURCHASE OF THE HEALTH REFERENCE
r. CENTER DATABASE.
WHEREAS, Section 2.537 of the Azusa Municipal Code requires City purchases over the
amount of $5,000 to be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder after notice, and
WHEREAS, Section 2.537 of the Azusa Municipal Code allows the City Council to waive
formal sealed bidding upon finding that the public welfare would be promoted by dispensing
with them, and
WHEREAS, by soliciting written quotations from vendors, the City will have clearly complied
with the intent of Section 2.537 of the Azusa Municipal Code, and
WHEREAS, the City needs to provide updated Health Information Resources to seniors and
other library patrons, and
WHEREAS, the Azusa City Library has received a grant from the Auen-Berger foundation to
provide computer based health information for seniors, and
WHEREAS, Information Access Company's Heath Resource Center is the most comprehensive
health database for libraries, and
WHEREAS, the only other source of a health database for public libraries did not have a
comparable scope of materials available on their database, and
WHEREAS, the Heath Reference Center was the database specified in the grant proposal
NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA DOES HEREBY
FIND AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The formal "sealed" bidding process is waived, and
Section 2. That a Purchase Order, not to exceed $5,500.00 be issued to
Information Access Company for purchase of the Health Reference
Center on CD-ROM
November 1997.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the City Council of the
City of Azusa, at a regular meeting thereof held on the 17t1 day of November, 1997.
AYES: HARDISON, STANFORD, ROCHA, BEEBE, MADRID