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<br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br /> Date: 12/10/2012 <br /> Item No.: 7.c <br /> <br />Department Approval City Manager Approval <br /> <br />Item Description: Approve General Purchases or Sale of Surplus Items Exceeding $5,000 <br /> <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />B ACKGROUND 1 <br />City Code section 103.05 establishes the requirement that all general purchases and/or contracts in 2 <br />excess of $5,000 be approved by the Council. In a ddition, State Statutes require that the Council 3 <br />authorize the sale of surplus vehicles and equipment. 4 <br /> 5 <br />General Purchases or Contracts 6 <br />City Staff have submitted the following items for Council review and approval: 7 <br /> 8 <br />Comments/Description: 9 <br />a) Part of the City’s conversion to an Automated Meter Reading (AMR) system. 10 <br /> 11 <br />Sale of Surplus Vehicles or Equipment 12 <br />City Staff have identified surplus vehicles and equi pment that have been replaced and/or are no longer 13 <br />needed to deliver City programs and services. These surplus items will either be traded in on replacement 14 <br />items or will be sold in a public auction or bid process. The items include the following: 15 <br /> 16 <br />Department Item / Description <br /> <br />P OLICY O BJECTIVE 17 <br />Required under City Code 103.05. 18 <br />F INANCIAL I MPACTS 19 <br />Funding for all items is provided for in the current operating or capital budget. 20 <br />21 <br />Department Vendor Description Amount <br />Utilities Ferguson Waterworks AMR Resi dential Water Meters (a) $ 88,460.44 <br />Utilities Ferguson Waterworks AM R Interface units (a) 99,444.33 <br />Utilities Ferguson Waterworks AMR Co mmercial Water Meters (a) 35,437.46