File #: 23-1033    Version: 1 Name: Sale of Obsolete Equipment (Fire Ladder #33)
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
File created: 6/22/2023 In control: Public Safety
On agenda: 5/22/2024 Final action: 5/22/2024
Title: Dept/ Agency: Public Safety/Division of Fire Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Sale/Disposition of Personal Property Not Needed (Fire Trucks) Personal Property: #1209 E-One 1989, #1237 E-One 1994, #1247 American LaFrance 2009 (Fire Trucks) Valued Amount: $1.00 Recipient: Hon Samuel Pyne, Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly Recipients Address: Plot No. Ota 87, Harper Road Adum, P.O. Box 1916, Kumasi, Ghana, West Africa Additional Information: Fire Tucks, Vehicle Identification Numbers (VIN) #1209 E-One 1989 (VIN #46BBAA87K1-002892), #1237 E-One 1994 (VIN #4ENRAAA80R1-003956), and #1247 American LaFrance 2009 (VIN #1AFAAJCG79RZ53878)
Sponsors: Council of the Whole
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Dept/ Agency: Public Safety/Division of Fire
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Sale/Disposition of Personal Property Not Needed (Fire Trucks)
Personal Property: #1209 E-One 1989, #1237 E-One 1994, #1247 American LaFrance 2009 (Fire Trucks)
Valued Amount: $1.00
Recipient: Hon Samuel Pyne, Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly
Recipients Address: Plot No. Ota 87, Harper Road Adum, P.O. Box 1916, Kumasi, Ghana, West Africa
Additional Information:
Fire Tucks, Vehicle Identification Numbers (VIN) #1209 E-One 1989 (VIN #46BBAA87K1-002892), #1237 E-One 1994 (VIN #4ENRAAA80R1-003956), and #1247 American LaFrance 2009 (VIN #1AFAAJCG79RZ53878)
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WHEREAS, the Department of Public Safety, Fire Division is presently warehousing, at considerable cost three (3) fire trucks, #1209 E-One 1989 (VIN #46BBAA87K1-002892), #1237 E-One 1994 (VIN #4ENRAAA80R1-003956), and #1247 American LaFrance 2009 (VIN #1AFAAJCG79RZ53878);

WHEREAS, although the apparatus have not been used, they are still useful to other Fire Departments;

WHEREAS, the Hon Samuel Pyne of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly, has expressed a need for three (3) fire trucks, #1209 E-One 1989, #1237 E-One 1994, and #1247 American LaFrance 2009;

WHEREAS, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-36, the City of Newark is authorized to enter into contract with a foreign nation without public advertisement for bids regarding the sale or other disposition of personal property that is no longer needed for public purpose; and

WHEREAS, the City of Newark, wishes to sell three (3) fire trucks, #1209 E-One 1989, #1237 E-One 1994, and #1247 American LaFrance 2009 which are no longer needed by the Department of Public Safety, Fire Division to the government of Kumasi, Ghana West-Africa, for a nominal fee of one dollar ($1.00), for use by the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JE...

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