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<br />REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br /> <br />tJ} <br />~~ <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br /> <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br /> <br />FEBRUARY 21, 2006 <br />TITLE: <br /> <br />CONTRACT AWARD FOR <br />THREE-QUARTER TON TRUCKS <br />(SPEC. NO. 06-007) <br /> <br />APPROVED <br />o As Recommended <br />o As Amended <br />o Ordinance on 1 st Reading <br />o Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />o Implementing Resolution <br />o Set Public Hearing For____ <br /> <br />Qfla~- <br /> <br />CONTINUED TO <br /> <br />FILE NUMBER <br /> <br />CITY MANAGER <br /> <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br /> <br />Award a contract to Selman Chevrolet Company for the purchase of two <br />three-quarter ton trucks in the amount of $47,308.85. <br /> <br />DISCUSSION <br /> <br />The Fleet Maintenance Division's annual Equipment Replacement Program <br />is included in the City's annual budget and identifies vehicles <br />scheduled for replacement. Funding is monitored through a depreciation <br />schedule established with each department. Additionally, the Fleet <br />Division reviews the acquisition in accordance with the City's Hybrid <br />and Al ternati ve Fuel Vehicle Acquisition Policy. Currently, hybrid <br />trucks are not manufactured in the three-quarter ton category. <br /> <br />Various City departments utilize large trucks to perform routine <br />business. The Community Preservation Division of the Planning and <br />Building Agency uses small pickup trucks for inspectors to perform <br />enforcement duties including removing illegal street vending carts by <br />hand loading the carts into the truck beds. To follow safety <br />guidelines, a three-quarter ton truck with a lift gate has been <br />approved. The Public works Agency's Water Services Division assigns <br />supervisors and crews to City vehicles to transport staff and equipment <br />to job sites. The contract will provide a new larger tonnage truck to <br />transport heavy volumes of emergency equipment such as sand bags, <br />barricades and tools. <br /> <br />221-1 <br /> <br />(,5 ~j83 <br />