Finance Committee - 12/5/2018 Page 2
Alderman Caron
Ok thank you.
Alderwoman Kelly
Yes thank you so | know that we talked a little bit about the Court Street Building last night and wanted to know
about the ceiling repair because it was brought up last night and | think it is a good point that if the roof is
leaking, does it make sense to be fixing the ceiling before the roof is fixed.
Mr. Cummings
If | may Mr. Mayor, this particular piece of ceiling actually is not affected by the roof, it is below grade and there
are two or three floors above it. What this in particular is actually underneath the former Firefighter apparatus
bay and heavy loads of the truck caused some, | don’t want to say, debris is probably the best way to call it
where it needs to be cleaned up just repainted and resealed and whatnot and that is what this work is for. It
has nothing to do with water or anything like that it is actually cosmetic in nature.
Alderwoman Kelly
Thank you.
Alderman O’Brien
Yes just quickly being familiar because we have had familiarity with this, you know, fire trucks are a transient
load to travel across the floor and the newer ones are 16 tons, you are asking an awful lot but that is why we
do not, in the future we do not build fire stations over cellars such as what is the case at Court Street. Because
that was an old building, we’ve got to keep in mind, that was originally intended to hold horse-drawn apparatus.
There was some damage because we kept the building a long time | think until about 1971. So itis a gem it is
an integral part of the City and used as part of the Arts Community. We do need to take care of this so |
support this, thank you.
MOTION CARRIED
From: Dan Kooken, Purchasing Manager
Re: Tire Changer & High Capacity Balancer (Value: $19,367)
MOTION BY ALDERWOMAN KELLY TO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE AND AUTHORIZE THE PURCHASE
FROM MOHAWK RESOURCES, LTD, IN THE AMOUNT OF $19,367. SOURCE OF FUNDING IS
DEPARTMENT 161, STREETS; PRIOR YEAR ESCROW
ON THE QUESTION
Mayor Donchess
Thank you and we have a guest from Public Works.
John Stewart, Fleet Manager Street Department
John Stewart, Fleet Manager.
