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Waukegan finance committee approves fire-equipment donation and five procurement resolutions
Summary
On June 16 the committee approved donating surplus fire fill equipment to a Wisconsin department and authorized five vendor purchases totaling about $761,000 for police, water and public works systems.
The Waukegan Finance & Purchasing Committee approved a donation of surplus fire-department filling equipment to the Little Rice Fire Department (Tomahawk, Wisconsin) and authorized five procurement actions affecting police, water and public works technology at its June 16 meeting.
Actions approved and recorded during the meeting included:
- Donation of surplus fire fill system to Little Rice Fire Department: Motion by Alderman Hayes, second by Alderman Donenworth. The city described the system as a 25+-year-old ComAir (Mako) fill station with compressor, fuel station and four cylinders that is past its useful life; the department purchased a new filling station and proposed donating the surplus. Roll call recorded affirmative votes from the committee (Aldermen Russo, Florian, Hayes, Donenworth and Guzman). Motion carried.
- Purchase of computer equipment for a police network refresh from CDW-G (Sourcewell cooperative), not to exceed $205,000: Motion by Alderman Donenworth, second by Alderman Hayes. Funding charged to general ledger lines 100-103726495 and 100103724801. Roll call recorded affirmative votes from the committee (Newsom, Florian, Hayes, Donenworth, Guzman). Motion carried. The staff memo cited joint-purchasing exemptions under City Code section 2-458 (subsections I(3) and I(6)) and a professional-services exemption under subsection I(4).
- Purchase of water-meter software from United Systems / Itron, not to exceed $212,313: Motion by Alderman Florian, second by Alderman Donenworth. Funding charged to ledger lines 555-915524801 and 555-915026496. Roll call recorded affirmative votes from the committee (Newsom, Florian, Hayes, Donenworth, Guzman). Motion carried.
- Procurement of OpenGov permitting and licensing cloud solutions (for engineering department use, including right-of-way permits and small-cell wireless requests) from Carahsoft Technology Corporation, not to exceed $70,000: Motion by Alderman Donenworth, second by Alderman Hayes. Funding charged to ledger line 100910124801; staff cited joint-purchasing exemption. Roll call recorded affirmative votes from the committee (Newsom, Florian, Hayes, Donenworth, Guzman). Motion carried.
- One-year renewal of Cartograph asset-management software through OpenGov for public works and water department use, not to exceed $174,290.85: Motion by Alderman Florian, second by Alderman Hayes. Funding charged to ledger lines 10910524801 and 555915524801. Roll call recorded affirmative votes from the committee (Newsom, Florian, Hayes, Donenworth, Guzman). Motion carried.
All motions passed on recorded roll calls. Funding sources, ledger line numbers and cited City Code exemptions were read into the record during the motions. Where vendors were procured through joint-purchasing or cooperative contracts, staff cited the city code exemptions that allow such purchases without a separate competitive bid process.
The committee’s approvals complete the finance-level authorization; departments will proceed with purchase orders, contracting and implementation as allowed by the cited cooperative agreements and departmental procedures.
