2389-2023: To authorize and direct the City Auditor to transfer $7,758,280.91 from the Special Income Tax Fund to the Fire Safety Bond Fund; to authorize the appropriation of said funds; to authorize the transfer of $17,097.09 within the Safety Voted Bond Fund; to waive the competitive bidding and sale of surplus provisions of the Columbus City Codes, Chapter 329; to authorize the Finance and Management Director to enter into contracts with and issue purchase orders to The Sutphen Corporation for the purchase of five (5) Monarch Custom Pumpers in the amount of $5,440,960.00, and Pierce Manufacturing Inc. via Atlantic Emergency Solutions for the purchase of one (1) Pierce Tiller Ladder in the amount of $2,350,880.00; to amend the 2023 Capital Improvement Budget; to authorize the expenditure of $7,791,840.00 from the Safety Voted Bond Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($7,791,840.00)