Finance Committee - 03/17/2021 Page 3
Mayor Donchess
Oh sorry, Alderman Dowd. Any other members of the Board? Alderwoman Schmidt. Anyone else? | don’t see
anyone else, so we have 2 additional members. There will be an item coming in at the end that is not on the
Agenda and also there will be a non-public regarding a personnel issue. So first we have public comment. Is
there any public comment; anybody want to speak to the Committee?
PUBLIC COMMENT - None
COMMUNICATIONS
From: Kelly Parkinson, Purchasing Manager
Re: Backhoe/Loader in the amount of $78,000 funded from account FY21 CERF
MOTION BY ALDERMAN HARRIOTT-GATHRIGHT TO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE, AND AWARD THE
CONTRACT FOR A BACKHOE/LOADER TO REPLACE THE CURRENT 2003 UNIT USED BY
EDGEWOOD CEMETERY TO NORTHLAND JCB IN THE AMOUNT OF $103,000.00 WITH A $25,000
ALLOWANCE FOR THE TRADE IN. FUNDING WILL BE THROUGH DEPARTMENT: 144 EDGEWOOD;
FUND: FY21 CERF, BY ROLL CALL.
ON THE QUESTION
Mayor Donchess
Now is Jeff Snow or anyone from the cemetery here?
Jeff Snow, Superintendent Edgewood Cemetery
| am here, it says Marybeth, she does more zooming than | do.
Mayor Donchess
Ok this is Jeff Snow, please tell us about the purchase?
Mr. Snow
We looked at some tractors, we went out to bid for tractors, we only got two bids. In the packets, the other
response we got for a John Deere was a little over $1,000.00 more, $104 and change with only a $15,000.00
trade-in allowance of the — well CAT came in with a no bid, they couldn’t meet the specs and that was a low at
$78,000.00. There’s | believe $98,000.00 available in CERF for the replacement.
Mayor Donchess
Alright, does anybody have any questions or comments? | don’t see anyone. Could the Clerk please call the
roll?
A viva voce roll call was taken which resulted as follows:
Yea: Alderman Klee, Alderwoman Lu, Alderman Harriott-Gathright,
Alderwoman Kelly, Alderman Laws, Alderman O’Brien, Mayor Donchess 7
Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED
