Finance Committee - 03/17/2021 Page 15
The deployment, in other words, hiring the company to put out the barriers, the cost and this is Weaver
Brothers Construction from Bow, New Hampshire, which is the same organization that deployed the barriers
and took them in last season. The cost for the deployment and the pickup, this is a combined contract is
$67,060.00. The funds come from money that was escrowed last fall to cover barriers for 2021. The thought
at that point was that we would have to buy the barriers for much, much, much more than $20,000.00. We
were able to acquire them at the end of last season and now this contract is for the deployment and the
removal of the barriers for 2021. Alderwoman Kelly, | see you have your hand up | believe, your electronic
hand anyway.
Alderwoman Kelly
| do and it’s very yellow but I'll go with it.
Mayor Donchess
OK.
Alderwoman Kelly
So | am excited for this project and we have talked quite a bit about this. | am just wondering, | feel like
perhaps the City did some of this work last year. Is there a reason why we are bidding it out versus having the
City do this?
Mayor Donchess
The Public Works has the ability to do a little but they, for example, Public Works put out the barriers in the last
couple of days for Peddler’s. There is a specialized piece of equipment which is very, very expensive,
hundreds of thousands of dollars that is used to put these out efficiently and Public Works does not have the
piece of equipment. So they are only able to handle deployment on a very limited basis, because there is
always other work they are supposed to be doing.
Alderwoman Kelly
Understood. If | could follow up, please?
Mayor Donchess
Proceed.
Alderwoman Kelly
Thank you. So we would be anticipating if we continue the expanded Main Street outdoor dining, which | hope
we do, we would anticipate this cost year over year to put these out?
Mayor Donchess
Yes, unless we were to acquire this piece of equipment. Ms. Fauteux was out today too. We can get the exact
price from her but it is very expensive, it’s hundreds of thousands of dollars. It’s a specialized kind of truck with
an arm and everything. At least thinking about this year, we thought it was most cost effective to pay a
contractor as opposed to trying to buy a very expensive piece of equipment.
Alderwoman Kelly
And if | could, one more follow on please?
