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Committee reviews and approves several procurement items including paint booths and streetscape extension
Summary
The Safety Committee approved a time extension for the Rosa Parks streetscape, a parts-cleaning machine lease, a grant-funded paint-booth contract and an amendment to DTC payment terms; the Cole Lasanti general-contracting item was held for one week pending staffing and scope details.
At its Feb. 9 meeting the Detroit City Council Safety Standing Committee handled multiple procurement items and contract amendments.
Contract 6004420 (amendment no. 3) — a major-street-funded time extension for the Rosa Parks streetscape — was approved with no change in contract value and a new completion date of Dec. 31, 2026.
Contract 607598 (Safety-Kleen Systems) will lease and service an aqueous parts-cleaning machine for transportation operations for two years at $55,000; the committee approved the item and sent it to formal with a recommendation to approve.
Contract 6007623 (Spray Booth Products) is a two-year, grant-funded ($1,799,999) contract to furnish and install paint booths and associated mixing rooms to serve city vehicle painting needs, including a replacement for an existing 60-foot booth and capacity for revenue and nonrevenue vehicles. Gio Joy (assistant director) walked the committee through the equipment and phase-one scope; the item was approved and will proceed to formal.
Contract 6006195 (Detroit Transportation Corp.) will amend payment terms to align DTC with other city component units to improve cash flow and provide progress payments; Robert Kramer, director of DDOT, described steps to strengthen controls after last year’s audit and offered to return with more detail; the committee approved sending the amendment to new business with a recommendation to approve.
Contract 6007588 (Cole Lasanti Construction Services), a 100% city-funded $750,000 general-contracting services contract through Jan. 31, 2029, was discussed with procurement staff; committee members asked whether work could be done in-house and requested additional detail on internal capacity. The committee voted to bring the item back in one week for follow-up.
Several other routine items (including the removal of amendment 6005587 from the agenda) were handled during the session. Many approved items were "sent to formal with recommendation to approve," the committee's typical next step for contracts.
