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Board retroactively approves emergency generator purchase after staff cites rental failures and high rental costs
Summary
The utility district retroactively authorized purchase of an emergency standby generator (TriMix Power Systems) after staff said the rented unit repeatedly failed and rental fees have totaled roughly $2.3 million; the measure passed with Chair Shirley Lanier voting no over procurement concerns.
The Riviera Beach Utility Special District on April 15 retroactively approved purchase of an emergency standby generator from TriMix Power Systems LLC, a purchase staff said was necessary because the rented backup generator repeatedly failed and rental alternatives were unavailable.
Director Joshua Neiman told the board the utility had rented the original generator since February 2019 and "to date, the utility has spent $2,300,000 on a rental generator, that has been sitting there month…
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