Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Public Service to enter into rental agreements with Premier Truck Sales and Rental in the amount of up to $492,000.00 for the rental of refuse collection trucks to be used by the Division of Refuse Collection.
The Division of Refuse Collection (Division) is responsible for providing weekly refuse collection service to the 344,000 residential units within the City of Columbus. Prior to the COVID pandemic it took nine to twelve months after placement of order to receive a refuse collection truck. The shutdown of many businesses during the pandemic has caused long delivery delays for these trucks. The projected delivery date of replacement trucks previously on order has been delayed by many months, and delivery times for new orders are now running twelve to eighteen months after receipt of order. The Division is experiencing a shortage of refuse collection trucks due to downtime needed for repairs of an aging fleet and the delays in getting replacement vehicles that have been ordered.
It is necessary to immediately rent refuse collection trucks to continue to provide timely refuse collection to the residents of Columbus. This will also allow the Division to be able to collect refuse during the normal work week hours and to avoid routinely scheduling mandatory overtime. The rental of these vehicles is expected to be needed for a year, possibly two, in order to give time for the trucks that have been on order, and for the trucks that are about to be ordered, to be delivered to the City. An assessment of delivery times of the vehicles on order will be made in the spring of 2023. At that time it may be necessary to rent additional trucks to accommodate further deficiencies in the Division fleet due to the ongoing pandemic related production delays.
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