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Parks, DDC flag procurement timing and higher capital costs for equipment, pools and Waikiki surf racks
Summary
DPR and the Department of Design and Construction discussed timing and budgeting for major equipment and capital projects: procuring rear-loader trucks, reconciling operating vs CIP purchases, master agreements for pool replastering and higher-than-expected surf-rack costs driven by fire-suppression requirements.
Committee members pressed Department of Parks and Recreation and Department of Design and Construction staff about how the city will procure major equipment and complete capital projects amid supply and inflation risks.
DPR Director Laura Thielen told the committee that some truck purchases have been included in operating with TAT cash funding but that national trade uncertainty could make contracts and delivery of heavy equipment volatile. "It may be difficult to enter into a contract with somebody, for delivery of heavy equipment when prices are gonna be so uncertain," she said, and raised the possibility of moving truck purchases…
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