DEPARTMENT: Finance
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Troy Elliott
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
Landscaping Equipment
SUMMARY:
This ordinance authorizes contracts with Vermeer Texas-Louisiana and San Antonio Southwest Trailers to provide Landscaping Equipment for the Parks & Recreation, Transportation & Capital Improvements and Solid Waste Management departments for a total cost of $133,795.00.
Funding for this purchase is available from the FY 2019 Equipment Renewal & Replacement Fund (ERRF) Budget in the amount of $60,400.00, from the FY 2019 Storm Water Operating Fund Budget in the amount of $28,420.00, and from the FY 2019 Solid Waste Operating and Maintenance Fund Budget in the amount of $44,975.00.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Submitted for City Council consideration and action is the attached tabulation of nine bids to provide the City of San Antonio with landscaping equipment for a total cost of $133,795.00. This purchase includes one stump cutter, one wood chipper and nine utility trailers.
The stump cutter and wood chipper will be used by the Parks and Recreation Department to perform routine tree maintenance. The landscaping utility trailers shall be used by the Transportation and Capital Improvements Department to transport mowers, edger-trimmers, and blowers between mowing areas. The Solid Waste Management Department will utilize the utility trailers to transport stacked green organic compost carts and blue recycle carts throughout the city.
ISSUE:
These contracts shall provide eleven items: one replacement stump cutter and one replacement chipper for the Parks & Recreation Department; four additional landscape utility trailers for Transportation & Capital Improvements Department; and five additional utility trailers for the Solid Waste Management Department. The replacement items are consistent with the City's ERRF program.
Items 1 and 2 included in the bid tab are recommended for award to Vermeer Texas-Louisiana. Th...
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