HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 2011-218CITY OF PLYMOUTH
RESOLUTION No. 2011-218
A RESOLUTION TO AWARD A CONTRACT TO
FIRST TRANSIT, INC. FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF
PLYMOUTH METROLINK PUBLIC TRANSIT SERVICES
WHEREAS, the City of Plymouth as Plymouth Metrolink provides transit services pursuant to
Minnesota Statutes Section 473.388; and
WHEREAS, the City of Plymouth transit program is supported through Metropolitan Council
with fares, regional, state and federal funds; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it is in the best interests of the city to utilize
transit fiends in the most cost effective manner; and
WHEREAS, the existing contract for operation and maintenance of Plymouth Metrolink public
transit services with Laidlaw Transit Services, Inc., now known as First Transit, Inc., expires December
3, 2011; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it is in the best interests of the city to award
the contract to First Transit, Inc. for the operation and maintenance of Plymouth Metrolink public transit
services.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA, that the city hereby adopt this resolution awarding the contract
with First Transit, Inc. for the operation and maintenance of Plymouth Metrolink public transit services
for five years effective December 4, 2011, through December 3, 2016, and extended as per the
agreement.
Approved this 12th day of July, 2011.
STATE OF MINNESOTA)
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN) SS.
The undersigned, being the duly qualified and appointed City Clerk of the City of Plymouth, Minnesota,
certifies that I compared the foregoing resolution adopted at a meeting of the Plymouth City Council on
July 12, 2011, with the original thereof on file in my office, and the same is a correct transcription
thereof.
WITNESS my hand officially as such City Clerk and the corporate seal of the city this
day of
City Clerk