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File #: RES-2025-2476    Version: 1
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 10/8/2025 In control: Board of County Commissioners
On agenda: 10/29/2025 Final action: 10/29/2025
Title: RE: Approval of a purchase order to CMP Distributors, Inc, in the amount of $17,675.00, for the purchase of Qty 64 External Vest Carriers at Genesee County's Office of the Sheriff; the cost of this purchase order is grant funded and will be paid from account 1010-316.01-978.000
Attachments: 1. CMP Legistar Submission Checklist FY25, 2. VESTS UNION LANGUAGE, 3. Est_16229_from_CMP_Distributors_Inc._24028, 4. RES-2023-725 ACCEPT BYRNE DISCRETIONARY GRANT, 5. Byrne Community Budget vs expensed tracking (1)
To: Board of County Commissioners

From: Sheriff Christopher R. Swanson

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RE: Approval of a purchase order to CMP Distributors, Inc, in the amount of $17,675.00, for the purchase of Qty 64 External Vest Carriers at Genesee County's Office of the Sheriff; the cost of this purchase order is grant funded and will be paid from account 1010-316.01-978.000

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BOARD ACTION REQUESTED:
Approval of a Purchase Order to CMP Distributors, Inc. per provided Quote#16229 for the purchase of Qty 64 External Vest Carriers for the coverage and protection of our Road Patrol and all Certified deputies in the amount of $17,675.00 to be paid from the Byrne Community Project fund (1010-316.01-978.000)
BACKGROUND:
CMP Distributors, Inc. provides the ballistic vests agreed upon in the current collective bargaining agreement. These vests are Point Blank Guardian External Vest Carriers (Gen-3) vests that are from Special Build like our Genesee County Medics Guardian Uniform Carrier with MOLLE . (Modular Lightweight Load-carrying Equipment)
DISCUSSION:
Per our Financial Analyst we still have an available $43K for vests for allowable expenditures with this funding.
IMPACT ON HUMAN RESOURCES:
None
IMPACT ON BUDGET:
No General Fund impact on budget, to be paid from Byrne Community Project fund 1010-316.01-978.000.
IMPACT ON FACILITIES:
None
IMPACT ON TECHNOLOGY:
None
CONFORMITY TO COUNTY PRIORITIES:
This P.O. conforms to the county priorities by providing sheriff personnel with lifesaving, protective equipment.










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TO THE HONORABLE CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE GENESEE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
BE IT RESOLVED, by this Board of County Commissioners of Genesee County, Michigan, that the request by the Office of Genesee County Sheriff to authorize an expenditure, in the form of a Purchase Order to CMP Distributors, Inc., to purchase 64 Point Blank Guardian External Vest Carrie...

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