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Board of Awards approves $693,872 vacuum/sewer truck purchase for highway department
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Summary
Danbury City’s Board of Awards approved the purchase of a vacuum/sewer combination truck for the highway department at a quoted price of $693,872 using a cooperative contract; the record shows a recorded 'no' vote by Assistant Corporation Counsel Tracy Norris even though the chair declared the motion carried.
The Board of Awards for Danbury City voted on March 25 to approve the purchase of a vacuum/sewer combination truck for the highway department at a quoted price of $693,872. Purchasing Agent Chip Volpe introduced the request, saying the highway department submitted a requisition and that the purchase would be made under a cooperative contract source identified in the requisition.
Volpe described the item as a "vacuum, model D312N/1300 combination jet/vacuum sewer cleaner" and said the invoice total was $693,872. A motion to award the purchase to the vendor named in the requisition was made and seconded by a board member identified in the record as Mr. Garrett.
The meeting record shows Assistant Corporation Counsel Tracy Norris recorded as voting "not in favor," while Chip Volpe and Tim Nolan (superintendent of public services) were recorded as voting in favor. The chair then announced, "Motion carries unanimously." The transcript contains both the recorded individual vote and the chair's announcement; the two statements are inconsistent and the meeting record was not clarified on the record.
Attendees introduced at the start of the meeting included Volpe, Attorney Tracy Norris, Tim Nolan, Acting Chief William Ronsberry, Assistant Purchasing Agent Debbie Natale, and Finance Director Dan Garrick.
No further public discussion of alternate vendors, financing, or trade-in allowances was recorded in the transcript. The board moved on to a separate agenda item after the vote.
