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Committee recommends council seek bids for parks department bucket truck; cost cap $185,000
Summary
A committee recommended that the council advertise for sealed bids and enter a contract for a replacement bucket truck for the parks department, with a not-to-exceed price of $185,000 and partial funding from the Robinson Reserve Fund.
A committee meeting for Rex And Park recommended that the city council authorize advertisement for sealed bids and allow staff to enter a contract to replace a parks department bucket truck with a contract amount not to exceed $185,000.
The recommendation, introduced during the committee’s 14th meeting, said the purchase would be paid from the parks department vehicle budget and the Robinson Reserve Fund. Staff said $166,000 was budgeted in the park budget and $19,000 would come from the Robinson Reserve Fund; fund codes were discussed but not fully specified in the record.
The committee noted the vehicle was not available through the state purchasing contract, requiring the city to advertise for sealed bids. Parks staff described the proposed vehicle as the largest bucket truck the department operates and said the department does not have a second vehicle of the same size. Staff said the department plans to “step down” older trucks as new equipment is acquired and that vehicle lifespans typically run about 15 to 20 years, with hydraulics commonly failing first.
A committee member asked whether the purchase would be financed; staff replied the city does not finance its vehicles and would pay the full amount at acquisition. Another committee member asked about outriggers and boom length; staff confirmed this truck would be the department’s largest but did not provide additional technical specifications in the meeting record.
Staff said the park commissioners made a positive recommendation at their April 8 meeting and that the Robinson Reserve Committee had already reviewed the request. Committee members asked no formal vote questions during the committee meeting; members present said they recommended moving forward and the meeting adjourned.
No formal motion text, mover/second, or roll-call vote was recorded in the committee transcript. The record shows the committee recommended that council proceed with advertising for sealed bids and authorize staff to enter into a contract for a replacement bucket truck not to exceed $185,000, with funding from the parks budget and $19,000 from the Robinson Reserve Fund.
