Finance Committee Page 10
November 2, 2016
Mayor Donchess
| think because they think this is the best paver they can get for the money.
Alderman Siegel
One thing you have to understand is that this is a class of vehicle which in of itself is not widely manufactured
and the size of this particular vehicle is not one that is used in large road projects. The other company that
was potentially a competitor is no longer in business so there are a limited number of choices and it fits the
need of the city and it’s available. It’s not like buying a car where you can go to a number of different
dealerships unfortunately. It’s a specialized piece of equipment.
Alderman Cookson
Thank you, Alderman Siegel.
Mayor Donchess
As he mentioned, it’s not a paver that you are pave the full width of road with or a lane. It’s a smaller vehicle
that is used in a selective use of a mill and fill type size patch.
Mr. Kooken
| should also mention that this is National Joint Powers purchase so we wouldn’t put that out to bid normally if
we were using that organization to run the purchase through.
Alderman Cookson
So, no, | am not asking for any additional explanation but | think within the context of the memo that’s provided
it certainly would be nice to have that in the future, to have a little bit more detail about the decision making
process.
Mayor Donchess
That’s fine and we will speak to public works on that subject.
MOTION CARRIED
From: Dan Kooken, Purchasing Manager
Re: To Approve the Purchase of Recycling and Trash Carts from Toter, Inc. in an Amount
Not-to-Exceed $145,000
MOTION BY ALDERMAN SIEGEL TO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE AND APPROVE THE PURCHASE FROM
TOTER, INC. IN AN AMOUNT NOT-TO-EXCEED $145,000. SOURCE OF FUNDING IS DEPARTMENT 168,
SOLID WASTE
ON THE QUESTION
Alderman Clemons
How many of these are we getting and what is the purpose? Is it to replace existing ones that are broken or so
people can buy the big recycling carts?
Mayor Donchess
This is both. Public works likes to have on hand a supply of the garbage toter’s because they get broken
periodically and there’s a lot out there and they are about 20 years old so there needs to be a replacement
