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week. The committee will convene next Wednesday to consider their options as far as that product goes. The
garland was a good success last year. A lot of folks were really excited about that as well as some of the
various colored lights that we used. However, the garland was pretty sparse in the appearance. It’s a very
heavy duty product that will have a long life. We chose it based on that. It is municipal grade. What we are
looking to do this year and double that garland up to give us about five to six coils going up the post.
The initial $10,000 amount was enough to cover the products with lights that go in the poles in between the
intersections. The intersection poles do not have power outlets because there is a big demand for the lights at
the intersections. In discussing this with the committee, we had enough to fund the lit garland. We discussed
the idea of whether or not we wanted to double the unlit garland at the intersections which would give a more
consistent look during the day. The group decided we would really like to do that but we do not have the
funding. In talking with Economic Development, there was some funding available which was the additional
allocation of about $1200.
Alderman Siegel
Why didn’t the Downtown Improvement Committee provide the money?
Mr. Shea
| don’t know the answer to that question. It was reviewed by the committee. | was not in attendance at that
meeting. There are two people from the holiday lighting committee who sit on the downtown improvement
committee. | do not know.
MOTION CARRIED
From: Dan Kooken, Purchasing Manager
Re: Transit Bus Procurement Increase Purchase Order Amount (Value: $21,656)
MOTION BY ALDERMAN SIEGEL TO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE AND AUTHORIZE THE INCREASE TO
THE PURCHASE ORDER WITH GILLIG, LLC, IN THE AMOUNT OF $21,656. FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN
186, NASHUA TRANSIT; GRANT FUNDS ($18,493) AND GENERAL FUND ($3,163)
ON THE QUESTION
Sarah Marchant, Director of Community Development
The city ordered four 29-foot Gillig buses - these are CNG buses - and four 35-foot buses a little over a year
ago as part of the normal process of the new bus procurement. It was an onsite tour and final specifications.
At that time, a couple of items were added to each bus. The cost to the city is $3,100 that you have there,
about 15 percent of the total cost. With that we got some upgrades that | think will make a big difference for us
and some cost savings items. The Smart Tire pressure monitors are critical for the inside tires. We can’t
easily get to those. It is hard to tell wnen they are low. The rear yield flashing signs, we get rear ended more
than anything else, so adding this is a safety measure. The ADA 2-tone flooring, these new buses has ADA
spaces that the seats fold up so you can then put a wheel chair in so we needed to make sure they were
clearly marked so if someone enters the bus they know that they need to relocate. We forgot one color of our
bus color scheme so we needed to add one color in. The spare seats and spare rear body panels, which will
come painted, are much cheaper this well. Seats unfortunately have a lot of accidents so we need to replace
them occasionally. These were cost savings if we bought them know at only 15 percent of the total cost to the
city.
Alderman Wilshire
Do we have eight buses total?
