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Advisory board authorizes quotes and one equipment purchase for 2025 maintenance projects
Summary
At the June meeting the Mesco Park Zoo and Botanic Garden Advisory Board unanimously approved seeking quotes for several maintenance projects and approved purchase of a portable ultrasound for veterinary use.
The Mesco Park Zoo and Botanic Garden Advisory Board voted unanimously at its June meeting to seek quotes or approve purchases for multiple 2025 maintenance and equipment items.
Board members moved and seconded permissions to seek quotes for replacement of the clay building steam boiler, replacement of Amazonia interior wood decking, paving and asphalt projects, and fencing and gate projects. Each motion passed unanimously by voice vote, with no roll-call tallies recorded. The board also approved the purchase of a portable ultrasound machine for veterinary use after staff said the device under demo met the zoo’s needs.
Details provided by staff included rough cost estimates where available: staff estimated a replacement steam boiler could cost in the "70 to eighties" (thousands of dollars); paving and asphalt work was budgeted at approximately $75,000 to $100,000; fencing and gate projects were estimated in a similar $75,000 to $100,000 range. Staff said the portable ultrasound falls around a $50,000 threshold and that the zoo was bringing the purchase forward to avoid exceeding that amount because of potential shipping or licensing costs.
Motions at a glance: - Permission to seek quotes to replace clay building steam boiler — motion moved and seconded; passed unanimously. (Estimate provided: $70,000–$80,000; exact bid amounts not specified.) - Permission to seek quotes to replace Amazonia interior wood decking (considering synthetic/Trex-style decking) — motion moved and seconded; passed unanimously. (No cost estimate provided.) - Permission to seek quotes/purchase paving and asphalt projects for 2025 — motion moved and seconded; passed unanimously. (Budget estimate provided: $75,000–$100,000.) - Permission to seek quotes for 2025 fencing and gate projects — motion moved and seconded; passed unanimously. (Budget estimate provided: $75,000–$100,000.) - Approval to purchase a portable ultrasound machine for veterinary use — motion moved and seconded; passed unanimously. (Staff noted this is around the $50,000 threshold.)
The board was not provided with final bids at the meeting; where bids were not received (a separate truck procurement earlier in staff updates), staff said they would seek purchases directly from dealerships within existing budgeted amounts. No ordinances, statutes, or binding external approvals were cited. The board concluded new-business votes without recorded dissents or abstentions.
