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Tamarac staff ask commission to approve higher limit for EMS contracts and replacement stretcher
Summary
City staff told commissioners a pair of emergency medical equipment contracts plus an annual stretcher purchase will exceed the $65,000 administrative threshold and staff will ask the commission to authorize up to roughly $70,004 to cover the costs if needed.
Tamarac — City staff told the commission at a staff agenda review on May 27 that two emergency medical equipment contracts and the routine purchase of a replacement stretcher will exceed the city's $65,000 approval threshold and that staff will ask the commission at its May 28 meeting to authorize additional funds.
Mike Nisi, fire chief, said the request covers two service contracts and a device contract and that the combined contracts total $35,004.16. "And also the additional purchase of 1 stretcher, 35,000, could bring us to a total of 70,000 here," Nisi said, explaining the city buys a replacement stretcher annually.
The item stems from recurring purchases and maintenance: Nisi said the two contracts include a power-load service contract and a LUCAS device contract and that the city routinely replaces at least one stretcher each year. He told staff the $65,000 threshold will be exceeded, meaning the commission must consider the higher amount at its meeting.
Nisi said the additional funds are requested as an authorization in case equipment breaks between now and October. "No matter what, even if a wheel falls off, we're going to have to come back to commission to have it approved," he said, and added the department has no immediate plans to spend the contingency funds.
The staff presentation described the request as an extension/authorization so the department can replace critical equipment without returning to the commission for emergency approval; final action was not recorded during the staff review and will be before commissioners at the public meeting on May 28.
Details drawn from the staff review session: the two contracts were described as totaling $35,004.16, a replacement stretcher was quoted at $35,000, and staff asked the commission to authorize a contingency that would allow total spending of roughly $70,004.16 if needed.
