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C ITY OF P LYMOUTH
R ESOLUTION N O. 2019-089
R ESOLUTION A PPROVING P LYMOUTH M ETROLINK P ROCUREMENT AND P URCHASING P OLICY
WHEREAS, According to United States Code, every three years the Federal Transit
Administration (FTA) is required to comprehensively evaluate the performance of all grantees; and
WHEREAS, As the direct recipient of federal funds, the Metropolitan Council is required to
ensure that subrecipients who receive federal funding through the Metropolitan Council including
Plymouth Metrolink meet these same requirements; and
WHEREAS, The Triennial Review includes a review of the recipient’s compliance in twenty areas.
From July 2018 to February 2019, auditors from the Metropolitan Council’s Program Evaluation and
Audit Department conducted the Triennial Review of Plymouth Metrolink to fulfill the Metropolitan
Council’s obligation to ensure the federal compliance of our subrecipients.; and
WHEREAS, FTA’s triennial audit conducted in 2019 has found deficiencies in Plymouth
Metrolink’s purchasing policy; and
WHEREAS, working with the Metropolitan Council, staff proposed this new purchasing policy.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH,
MINNESOTA, that Plymouth Metrolink Purchasing and Procurement Policy is approved.
APPROVED by the City Council on this 9th day of April, 2019.