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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />NOVEMBER 5, 2007 <br />TITLE: <br />CONTRACT AWARD FOR DIESEL <br />EXHAUST REMOVAL SYSTEM <br />(SPEC. NO. 07-091) <br />CITY ANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />^ As Recommended <br />^ As Amended <br />^ Ordinance on 15' Reading <br />^ Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />^ Implementing Resolution <br />^ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Award a contract to Air Cleaning Systems, Inc., for the purchase of diesel <br />exhaust removal systems in an amount not to exceed $129,176. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The City's fire stations house primary response vehicles and support <br />vehicles in the apparatus room. Fire station apparatus rooms accumulate <br />diesel exhaust fumes when vehicle engines are started. Currently, all the <br />primary emergency response units, including pumpers, aerial ladders, and <br />medic vans, are outfitted with a PlymoVent Diesel Exhaust Removal System. <br />The system is attached to the vehicle's exhaust system and protects Fire <br />personnel and visitors from exposure to potentially carcinogenic <br />particulates. <br />In order to extend the exhaust removal system to support vehicles, the Fire <br />Department applied for and received a grant from the Federal Emergency <br />Management Agency (FEMA) to install exhaust systems on all remaining Fire <br />vehicles. Air Cleaning Systems, an authorized PlymoVent distributor, <br />installer, and warranty repair center, has installed and currently <br />maintains all of the City's existing exhaust removal systems. The most <br />recent contract was awarded by City Council on September 7, 2004. Since it <br />is important to have consistency in the exhaust removal systems, staff <br />believes an additional solicitation for bids would be an idle act and <br />recommends approval of this contract. <br />22H-1 <br />