Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Finance and Management Director to establish various purchase orders for the Fleet Management Division to purchase 30 vehicles for various General Fund departments. The Departments of Development, Public Safety, and Recreation and Parks need to replace older vehicles that have high mileage and significant maintenance costs. These needs include ten (10) compact sedans for the Development Department, eight (8) of which have been purchased from a UTC, thereby leaving two (2) to legislate. The Police Division requires thirty (30) unmarked mid-size sedans, six (6) of which have already been purchased from a UTC, thereby leaving twenty-four (24) to legislate. The Recreation and Parks Department needs eight (8) full size 1-ton pickups, four (4) of which have already been purchased from a UTC, thereby leaving four (4) to legislate. The old vehicles are to be disposed via auction of upon delivery of the new vehicles.
Nearly all of the vehicles being purchases are defined as "green" under the Mayor's Green Action Plan implemented earlier this year. For instance, the compact sedans for the Development Department will have improved fuel economy and replace larger sedans currently being used to conduct inspections. The mid-size sedans being purchased for the Police Division and the pickups being purchases for Recreation & Parks are flex fuel capable, meaning that they can use E85 (ethanol), which is priced approximately 25 cents per gallon less than gasoline and burns fewer carbon emissions.
In addition to these vehicles, this legislation also authorizes the Finance and Management Director to establish purchase orders to purchase two (2) dump truck bodies with hoists and accessories and one truck cab & chassis with a 12' flatbed for the Recreation and Parks Department. These items were competitively bid and are to be awarded to K.E. Rose Company and Byers Chevrolet, respectively.
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