City of San Antonio - File #: 15-1048

• File #: 15-1048
• Type: Purchase of Equipment
• In control: City Council A Session
• On agenda: 1/29/2015
• Posting Language: An Ordinance accepting the offers from Grande Truck Center of San Antonio to provide 36 automated side load refuse trucks and Doggett Freightliner of South Texas, LLC. to provide 5 rear load refuse trucks to the City of San Antonio for a total cost of $11,427,684.00 from the Equipment Renewal and Replacement Fund and the 2015 Solid Waste Management Department Equipment Acquisition Fund, contingent upon, in part, execution of a lease program schedule, or issuance of other financial obligations. [Ben Gorzell, Chief Financial Officer; Troy Elliott, Director, Finance]

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
1/29/2015	1	City Council A Session	adopted	Pass

DEPARTMENT: Finance


DEPARTMENT HEAD: Troy Elliott


COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City Wide


SUBJECT:
Automated Side Load Refuse and Rear Load Refuse Trucks


SUMMARY:
This ordinance authorizes contracts with Grande Truck Center to provide 36 automated side load refuse trucks and Doggett Freightliner of South Texas to provide 5 rear load refuse trucks to the City of San Antonio. The total cost of this contract is $11,427,684.00 of which $2,805,543.00 will be paid through a Tax-Exempt Lease Purchase Agreement, or other financial obligations, contingent on the execution of a lease program schedule or other issuance approved by subsequent Ordinance, and the balance of $8,622,141.00 will be funded from Equipment Renewal Replacement Fund (ERRF). Vendor payments for this Tax-Exempt lease Purchase Agreement are anticipated to be paid from the 2015 Equipment Acquisition Fund-SWMD. Debt payments for this Tax-Exempt Lease Purchase Agreement will be made from the Solid Waste Operating Fund. This action appropriates funds of $878,130.00 in the ERRF and $295,799.00 in the Solid Waste Operating Fund.


BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The Solid Waste Management Department (SWMD) is currently operating 154 side load refuse trucks and 39 rear load refuse trucks in its fleet.

A. Submitted for City Council consideration and action is the attached from Grande Truck Center for the purchase of 18 automated side load refuse trucks. Nine of the trucks will consist of an Autocar ACX 64 Xpeditor cab and chassis with a Scorpion 30 cubic yard capacity automated side loader refuse collection body and nine will consist of an Autocar ACX 64 Xpeditor cab and chassis with a Heil Durapak Python 28 plus cubic yard capacity, high compaction, automated side loader refuse body. These refuse trucks will be placed in service by the Solid Waste Management Department for collections of curbside refuse and recyclables from City residences. Nine of the 18 trucks are replacement veh...