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Moraine council approves loader lease, ambulance purchase and medic cot after amendment
Summary
The Moraine City Council on July 9 approved a lease-purchase for a CASE loader, authorized purchase of a Braun Chief II ambulance (state bid) and approved a sole-source medic cot purchase after a $?amendment lowering shipping costs; all measures passed by recorded roll call.
Moraine City Council voted July 9 to approve several equipment purchases and financing measures intended to replace and upgrade public-safety and public-works equipment. Council approved Ordinance 2237-26, a five-year master lease-purchase to acquire a CASE construction loader with grapple, and adopted Resolution 8245-26 to buy a Braun Chief II ambulance from Penn Care Inc. at a cost not to exceed $362,892.
Council also approved Resolution 8246-26 authorizing purchase of a Stryker medic cot and cot-load system as a sole-source procurement. A council member requested and won an amendment to reduce the contract amount to $70,691.66 to reflect lower shipping and handling costs; the amended purchase then passed on roll call.
Judge Nicholas Sylvain had been introduced earlier in the meeting, and council handled the business items in succession before returning to other departmental reports.
Votes and procedural details: the transcript records roll-call “yes” responses from the members present for each measure; the motions were approved by the council on voice/roll call as recorded. The ordinance for the loader proceeded on its second reading and was approved at this meeting; the ambulance and medic-cot resolutions were moved and approved after the amendment was adopted.
Why it matters: The loader acquisition is structured as a lease-purchase to spread financing over five years; the ambulance and medic cot replace aging emergency equipment intended to maintain the fire division’s emergency-response capacity. The medic cot vendor was listed as a sole source and the item had previously been budgeted for a later year, which the council accelerated by approving purchase this session.
What’s next: The ordinances and resolutions take effect per city purchasing procedures. The meeting record shows delivery timelines noted by staff for the ambulance (about 14 months after order).
