REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE
APRIL 3, 2019
A meeting of the Finance Committee was held on Wednesday, April 3, 2019, at 7:00 p.m. in the Aldermanic
Chamber.
Mayor Jim Donchess, Chairman, presided.
Members of the Committee present: Alderman Michael B. O’Brien, Vice Chair
Alderwoman-at-Large Shoshanna Kelly
Alderman-at-Large Brandon Michael Laws
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman June M. Caron
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
Also in Attendance: Dan Kooken, Purchasing Manager
David G. Fredette, Treasurer/Tax Collector
Sarah Marchant, Director Community Development
David Boucher, Superintendent of Wastewater
PUBLIC COMMENT - None
COMMUNICATIONS
From: Dan Kooken, Purchasing Manager
Re: Contract Award of Transit Service Operations (Value $10,945,301)
MOTION BY ALDERWOMAN KELLY TO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE AND, CONTINGENT UPON BOARD
OF ALDERMEN APPROVAL, AWARD THE CONTRACT TO FIRST TRANSIT, INC., IN THE AMOUNT OF
$10,945,301. FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN DEPARTMENT
186, TRANSPORTATION; GRANT FUNDS
ON THE QUESTION
Mayor Donchess
And Ms. Marchant is here to brief us on this item.
Sarah Marchant, Director Community Development
Good evening, thank you. The Transit Operations subcontracts out for the driver’s dispatch and regular
movement of the buses every day; management of general safety and those things. So First Transit has been
our provider for the past 20+ years. We went out to bid and solicited from 7 firms and received 2 qualified
responses. We interviewed both qualified responses and had quite a bit of negotiations over insurance this
time. There has been substantial changes to insurance which changed some of the fee structures. So we
went back for several months on that; got two final offers and those are before you are tonight. We are
recommending going forward with First Transit which is almost $2 million dollars less than the other response.
It is a lot of money, it is a 5 year contract and it is about $2 million dollars a year and it is budged for. If there
are any questions | am happy to answer them.
