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Parks committee approves purchase of gas golf carts and replacement cardio equipment
Summary
Parks and Recreation Committee approved buying two gas Cushman golf carts through Sourcewell (trade-in applied) and replaced several pieces of older cardio equipment using a competitively bid Sourcewell contract; both items were budgeted and passed on a committee vote.
The Parks and Recreation Committee approved two budgeted equipment purchases: two gas Cushman golf carts obtained through the Sourcewell purchasing cooperative, with a $1,500 trade-in allowance for two old electric carts, and replacement cardio equipment for the community center, including three ellipticals, four recumbent bikes and a stair climber.
The presenter said the current electric carts (1999 and 2003 models) are unreliable and that the Sourcewell cooperative provided a bid price of $18,500 for the two gas carts; the department had budgeted $24,049. For the fitness equipment, the vendor Direct Fitness Solutions via Sourcewell quoted $41,006.47, slightly under the $42,000 budgeted amount. Committee members moved and seconded the purchases and approved them by voice vote; because the golf-cart purchase was under the committee’s $20,000 threshold, it was handled within committee.
Committee members discussed Sourcewell as an established cooperative vehicle that offers competitively procured pricing for equipment and said other city departments have used it. No contract numbers beyond Sourcewell references were provided in committee.
