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Council committee approves temporary portable bathroom contract for police department at $5,200 per month
Summary
The finance committee approved a resolution to contract with a local vendor for temporary portable showers and toilets for the police department at $5,200 per month after the original low bidder withdrew.
The Finance Committee of the Schenectady City Council approved a resolution on Jan. 6 to contract with a local vendor for temporary portable showers and toilets for the Schenectady Police Department at $5,200 per month.
The move responds to an ongoing facilities transition that left the department without showers or working basement bathrooms, officials said. The committee authorized a single resolution that incorporates the recent termination of the prior award and directs staff to proceed with the new vendor agreement.
Police lieutenant (name not specified), speaking at the meeting, said the department is currently “without showers or bathrooms in the basement” and that a local company had offered portable showers and toilets with “their rate is $5,200 per month.” The lieutenant described the need as part of a transition and said the vendor is local.
The city purchasing officer (name not specified) told the committee that the city had previously awarded the work to a different bidder, 10th South LLC of South Carolina, but that bidder experienced logistical problems in freezing conditions and “we both mutually terminated the the city as well as the, as the vendor,” a termination he said was on record in the purchasing office. He recommended the new resolution incorporate the prior award by reference rather than issuing a separate standalone resolution.
Committee members asked about the project schedule; staff said the permanent repairs are expected to be complete by mid-February. The chair moved the resolution, a second was recorded, and the committee approved the action by voice vote.
The approved resolution, as described at the meeting, will reference the earlier award and the record of mutual termination and formally authorize the interim contract with the local vendor at the monthly rate specified. The resolution did not list a contract term length in the committee discussion, and the purchase order/contract details will be finalized by purchasing staff.
