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Votes at a glance: DeKalb Ops Committee approves multiple contracts; several items sent to audit
Summary
The Operations Committee approved several procurement and facilities items, including vehicle purchases, HVAC services, a roof and rooftop HVAC replacement, and an enterprise workforce-software upgrade. Some procurement requests were sent to audit and deferred.
At the Operations Committee meeting, members voted on multiple procurement and facilities items. The committee approved several contracts and change orders, and it sent other items to audit for further review.
Key approvals and outcomes
- Fleet cooperative agreement (Sourcewell) for Class 8 Kenworth trucks: Committee approved a cooperative-purchase award to Kenworth Truck Company d/b/a MHC Kenworth Atlanta for chassis, cabs and related equipment for refuse, recycling and yard-waste collection. The amount read into the record was $7,645,946.88. The transcript records a motion and second and an affirmative voice vote.
- Facility management HVAC controls contract change order: Members approved Change Order No. 1 to Contract No. 2000030 for maintenance, repair and installation services for building automation/HVAC controls, awarded to ATS Waypoint, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $174,900; the committee approved the item after questions about term and expiration date.
- Roof and rooftop HVAC replacement, East Precinct (2484 Bruce Street): Committee approved allocation of $2,480,470 for roof replacement and rooftop HVAC unit replacement at the East Precinct; the motion carried on an affirmative voice vote. Committee discussion clarified that ductwork replacement was not included and that a full renovation remains under consideration.
- Kronos workforce-management cloud migration: The committee approved a cooperative agreement to upgrade the county's Kronos timekeeping software to Ultimate Kronos Group's cloud platform (implementation, software, and three years of maintenance) awarded to VirtuSoft LLC in an amount not to exceed $2,464,334.18. IT staff said the upgrade includes Telestaff functionality used by the Fire and Rescue Department.
Items sent to or pending audit
- Watershed/Municipal trucks (statewide contract to Rush Truck Centers): A request for 19 crew cab chassis and service bodies for Watershed was read; staff said the item was sent to audit and had not returned. The amount read was $3,757,877; the committee deferred final action pending audit review.
- Other cooperative-agreement items that had not returned from audit were noted during the meeting and will be held until audit completion.
Motion and voting notes: For several items the transcript records a motion, a second, and an affirmative voice vote; named movers or a roll-call tally were not recorded in the meeting transcript for these items. Items explicitly described as sent to audit were not approved at this meeting.
