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Council accepts CMAQ grant and authorizes purchase of new street sweeper
Summary
Klamath Falls accepted federal CMAQ funds (grant K23736) and authorized purchase of a Timco 500x street sweeper not to exceed $404,355. Staff said the sweeper will reduce particulates and help meet air-quality goals; the grant requires a local match.
The Klamath Falls City Council on March 17 authorized acceptance of Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) funds available to the city and approved the purchase of a new street sweeper to help reduce particulates in the basin.
Development Services Director Ian Nazzi explained CMAQ funding and the project eligibility. "For those who are not familiar with CMAQ, it's Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Funds," he said, adding the funds are used in the Klamath Basin to reduce PM10 and PM2.5 particulates. Nazzi described common CMAQ projects as paving unpaved streets, buying sweepers and retrofitting diesel equipment.
The council voted to authorize the city manager to execute grant agreement CMAQ K23736. Nazzi said the federal program is administered through the state and that the city must provide a local match (approximately 10.27%). He noted that the state requires procurement and calculations showing an emissions reduction for the chosen projects.
The council also authorized the purchase of a 500-series street sweeper from the vendor identified in the motion as Timco Inc. for a not-to-exceed amount of $404,355. Nazzi said the city's sweeper program dates back to 2008 and that two sweepers typically allow the city to sweep the entire system roughly every three days. He added that only one compatible chassis was available nationally for the specified vacuum unit at the time of the meeting.
Both the grant acceptance and the equipment purchase passed by voice vote; council members responded "aye" on the record. Staff noted the CMAQ funds do not need to be repaid, but projects must meet state and federal procurement rules and provide matching funds from the city.
The purchase is subject to procurement requirements in the grant and to the city's purchasing policies; staff said the sweeper will be used by the streets and equipment division and that a future sweeper purchase may follow in the next biennium.
