Finance Committee Page 8
March 2, 2016
Alderman Caron
| noticed that this isn’t the low bidder. Is Pyro-Vision someone that we have used before in the last ten years?
Mr. Kooken
It actually is the low bidder.
MOTION CARRIED
From: Dan Kooken, Purchasing Manager
Re: School Zone Speed Radar Feedback Signs for Ordinance 0-15-074 (Value: $19,600)
MOTION BY ALDERMAN SIEGEL TO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE AND APPROVE THE PURCHASE FROM
MARLIN CONTROLS, INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF $19,600. SOURCE OF FUNDING IS DEPARTMENT 161,
STREETS; GENERAL FUND; 61, SUPPLIES & MATERIALS
MOTION CARRIED
From: Dan Kooken, Purchasing Manager
Re: 2016 Paving Program (Value: $2,677,902)
MOTION BY ALDERMAN SIEGEL TO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE AND, CONTINGENT UPON BOARD OF
ALDERMEN APPROVAL, AWARD THE CONTRACT TO BROX INDUSTRIES, INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF
$2,677,902. FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN DEPARTMENT 161, STREET DEPART-MENT; GENERAL
PAVING AND PROPERTY SERVICES TRUST FUNDS; AND, DEPARTMENT 169, WASTEWATER, SEWER
STRUCTURES & SEWER REHAB
ON THE QUESTION
Alderman Clemons
How are the streets determined on this list?
Alderman Siegel
As a Board of Public Works liaison | will tell you that there is a program that is used that looks at a matrix of
traffic count and street condition based on observation. | will also say that there almost completely finished
with migrating to a brand new software system that we purchased last term and so it will be even more flexible
and formalized. My hope would be given that the format of the data is compatible with our GIS system that we
might even be able to incorporate it into that but I’m not sure about that. There is a logical system and it’s very
specifically designed to avoid any kind of favoritism in any Ward than another.
Alderman Clemons
I’ve heard that there’s a new piece of technology but | didn’t know if it were going to show different results than
what we are seeing here or if it’s just an easier way to calculate what we are already doing.
Alderman Siegel
It’s not clear whether it will show different results but last term there was a concern by the Board of Aldermen
about bonding a significant amount of money for paving citywide, specifically because we wanted to implement
the system and have it in place and get better detailed information. The company that we purchased this
software from is also doing a street-by-street survey. To the extent that we have had surveys done in the past
