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Director Lisa Fauteux
You're welcome.
MOTION CARRIED
From: Dan Kooken, Purchasing Manager
Re: Contract for WWTF - 20 Year Facility Study (Value: $300,000); Department: 169 Wastewater; Fund:
Wastewater
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Director Lisa Fauteux
Sure absolutely. It will be administration and Engineering, Park and Rec., and Solid Waste of course will be
there, and some of the Street Department.
Alderman Klee
Thank you.
Mayor Donchess
Anyone else? Questions? Comments?
MOTION CARRIED
From: Dan Kooken, Purchasing Manager
Re: Tractor Replacement Including Attachments (Value: $121,985); Department: 177 Parks and
Recreation; Fund: Cerf
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Alderman Klee
We currently have one of these. Will we be trading it in or is this an addition to?
Director Tim Cummings
This would be in addition to. It’s referenced here as S185. It’s pretty old and it’s at its end of life. We're going
to try to just use it and get what we can out of it until it no longer functions.
Alderman Klee
Thank you.
Alderwoman Lu
So we only have one at all times?
Director Tim Cummings
For my individual.
Alderwoman Lu
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becoming a licensed facility where we’d have to go through relicensing, we need to keep it at the exact same
megawatt. It would not be possible to fit a five megawatt turbine in this facility anyways. It just wouldn’t work
here. We are meeting the same standards of a new generator, of a new turbine and control system as the
previous. There are more efficiencies to be gained so it might be able to produce slightly more power but it
would be the same general setting to be a one megawatt facility.
Alderman Klee
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Fire Chief Brian Rhodes
| think to answer your question to make it more palatable for you, no we’re not going to purchase it. Yes we’re
going to lock in the price. We've been a customer of Pierce Manufacturing since 1986. They know us very
well. They understand the legislative process and they will be comfortable knowing that we have approval of
the Finance Committee contingent upon the passage of the bond legislation.
Alderwoman Lu
Thank you.
Mayor Donchess
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Fire Chief Rhodes
Correct. As | said, this is a scheduled replacement but out of respect for the Board and the work that it takes to
put the planning and logistics of one of these vehicles together, we didn’t want to rush it last year in 19 at the
end of the year. Yes the city has taken the stance many years ago that vehicles of this dollar amount will be
bonded. This will be contingent upon a bond sale.
Mayor Donchess
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ON THE QUESTION
Mayor Donchess
REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE
JANUARY 15, 2020
A meeting of the Finance Committee was held on Wednesday, January 15, 2020, at 7:00 p.m. in the
Aldermanic Chamber.
Mayor Jim Donchess, Chairman, presided.
Members of the Committee present: Alderman Patricia Klee, Vice Chair
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
Alderwoman Elizabeth Lu
Members not in Attendance: Alderman-at-Large Brandon Michael Laws
Alderwoman-at-Large Shoshanna Kelly
Also in Attendance: Dan Kooken, Purchasing Manager
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GENERAL DISCUSSION - None
PUBLIC COMMENT - None
REMARKS BY THE ALDERMEN
NON-PUBLIC SESSION - None
ADJOURNMENT
MOTION BY ALDERMAN O’BRIEN TO ADJOURN
MOTION CARRIED
The Finance Committee meeting was adjourned at 7:42 p.m.
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
Committee Clerk
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Phase Ill and there’s always something happening is a bonded project. This is subject to approval of the bond
by the Board of Aldermen. Bond means it is borrowed money.
Alderwoman Lu
So | guess what | was confused about is if the project is already started, then the bond has already been
approved but what needs to be approved, why does it say “pending bond approval” $135,000.00 added to the
bond?
Mayor Donchess
