Explanation
Background:
This ordinance will establish an auditor's certificate and authorize the expenditures for maintenance equipment for the Recreation and Parks Department. An estimated $420,000 of this expenditure will provide new equipment for the already existing forestry and park operations. The balance of $187,163.52 will provide equipment for the Scioto Mile Park Expansion.
All equipment listed below will be bid through the City of Columbus Purchasing System and all contracts will be approved by the Director of Finance and Management. The equipment list below provides estimates only.
In order to have all the equipment available for the Summer 2011 season and for the opening of the Scioto Mile Park, it is necessary to authorize this expenditure to have the funding and approval complete when the bidding has been finalized.
Competitive bids will be solicited and opened by the Purchasing Office for the following pieces of equipment:
Item Estimated Cost
Trailer-mounted Chipper $50,000
Aerial Lift Truck $130,000
Crew Cab Chipper Truck $90,000
(2) 16ft-wide Self-propelled Mowers $150,000
Competitive bids will be solicited and opened by the Purchasing Office for the following pieces of equipment for Scioto Mile Expansion:
Item Estimated Cost
Toro Polar Trac 62" Mower with Snow Attachment $40,000
John Deere/ Toro Model Z Trac 60" Mower $8,000
Box Style Trailer $5,000
Cub Cadet/Deere Gator 4X4 $7,500
Cub Cadet / Deere Sprayer $7,500
Existing universal term contracts will be used to purchase the following pieces of equipment for the Scioto Mile Expansion:
Item Estimated Cost
Crew Cab Pick up with Plow $31,000
(2) One-ton Vans (bins,racks, tow pkg & hitch) $45,000
One-ton Van (aerial lift, binds, racks, tow package) $43,163.52
Emergency legislation is required to allow purchases to proceed as bids are being requested and equipment should be purchased immediatel...
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