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C ITY OF P LYMOUTH
R ESOLUTION N O. 2020-349
R ESOLUTION A PPROVING MOVING F IRE D EPARTMENT 2020 B UDGET P URCHASES
INTO R ESOURCE P LANNING A CCOUNT FOR 2021 DUE TO COVID
WHEREAS, the Plymouth Fire Department has ordered turn-our gear in a timely fashion with the
expectation that it would be delivered in 2020; and
WHEREAS, the COVID pandemic has caused an increased demand for turn-out gear as well as
severely interrupted the availability of materials required to construct the ordered turn-out gear, forcing the
manufacturer to delay delivery until the first quarter of 2021; and
WHEREAS, the department has a turn-out gear replacement plan that is dependent on annual
expenditures; and
WHEREAS, a complementary maintenance program that is purchased with each set of new turn-out
gear is paid upon delivery of that gear; and
WHEREAS, 2020 budgeted funds for the gear and maintenance program will not be needed until
delivery in the first quarter of 2021. The Finance Department has recommend that the money allocated for
this purchase in the 2020 operations budget be re-allocated to the Resource Planning Account so that the
gear and certificates may be paid for in 2021 without effecting the department 2021 gear budget.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH,
MINNESOTA that $26,532 from the 2020 Fire Department safety equipment budget and $11,277 from the
2020 Fire Department gear maintenance account be moved to the Resource Planning Account and
authorize payment for these delayed turn-out gear expenditures in 2021 with funds from the Resource
Planning Account.
APPROVED by the City Council on this 8th day of December, 2020.