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<br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br /> Date: 2/25/2013 <br /> Item No.: 7.c <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) The Fire Department’s ladder truck will be retrofitted with a 300-gallon water tank as part of the Department’s vehicle 10 <br />replacement plan. This will allow the truck to operate as an engine and a ladder depending on the need, and allow the 11 <br />Department to reduce its fleet of engines from four to three. 12 <br />b) Replacement tractor. 13 <br />c) Replacement mower purchased off the State Bid Contract. 14 <br /> 15 <br />Sale of Surplus Vehicles or Equipment 16 <br />City Staff have identified surplus vehicles and equi pment that have been replaced and/or are no longer 17 <br />needed to deliver City programs and services. These surplus items will either be traded in on replacement 18 <br />items or will be sold in a public auction or bid process. The items include the following: 19 <br /> 20 <br />Department Item / Description <br /> <br />P OLICY O BJECTIVE 21 <br />Required under City Code 103.05. 22 <br />F INANCIAL I MPACTS 23 <br />Funding for all items is provided for in the current operating or capital budget. 24 <br />Department Vendor Description Amount <br />Fire Rosenberg Firefighting Fi re truck retrofit (a) $ 33,964.00 <br />Parks & Rec. Kromer Co. LLC Multi-purpose field tractor (b) 27,604.74 <br />Parks & Rec. MTI Distributing Toro Groundmaster mower (c) 93,495.36 <br />