Explanation
Background: This ordinance authorizes the City Auditor to set up a certificate in the amount of $1,545,000.00 for the purchase of equipment and vehicles for the Recreation and Parks Department. These purchases will be made through the City of Columbus Purchasing Office. All bids will be obtained and contracts awarded in compliance with the relevant provisions of the Columbus City Code Chapter 329. This ordinance will set up all of the funding required to enter into contracts with the vendors on an as-needed basis. Competitive bids will be solicited and opened by the Purchasing Office, obtained through any current universal term contract, or state term contract as authorized by ordinance number 582-87. The new equipment will replace aging equipment used by the Building Maintenance, Forestry, Golf, Parks, and Sports Sections of the Recreation and Parks Department.
The list below outlines the equipment expected to be purchased as soon as possible as a result of this ordinance:
Building Maintenance:
Scissor Lift (1 each) - Estimated Expenditure $29,000.00
Power Washer Trailer (1 each) - Estimated Expenditure $30,000.00
Building Maintenance Estimated Total: $59,000.00
Forestry:
Chipper Truck (1 each) - Estimated expenditure $170,000.00
Forestry Estimated Total: $170,000.00
Golf:
Large Mower (1each) - Estimated expenditure $111,000.00
Tractor with backhoe (1 each) - Estimated expenditure $72,000.00
Utility Task Vehicles (3 each) - Estimated expenditure $45,000.00
Fairway Mower (1 each) - Estimated expenditure $80,000.00
Golf Estimated Total: $308,000.00
Parks:
Large Area Mowers (2 each) - Estimated expenditure $270,000.00
Tractors (2 each) - Estimated expenditure $160,000.00
F-450 Dump Trucks with up-fitting (3 each) - Estimated expenditure $162,000.00
Landscape Trailers (3 each) - Estimated expenditure $39,000.00
Zero-Turn Riding Mowers (4 each) - Estimated expenditure $140,000.00
Parks Estimated Total: $771,000.00
Sports:
Zero-Turn Infield Vehicle...
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