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Council authorizes purchase of fully equipped dump truck; transcript shows formatting inconsistency in vendor amount
Summary
Council approved authorization to execute contracts and sales orders for a fully equipped international dump truck and plow, with a recorded total in the motion of $274,289.61; attendees noted the line item for Rush Truck Centers included a likely transcription formatting error that the clerk did not correct on the record.
The council authorized staff to execute a contract with Rush Truck Centers and a sales order with Bohnell Industries of Dixon, Illinois, for a fully equipped international dump truck with plow and necessary equipment. The motion, as read into the record, listed a combined total of $274,289.61.
During the motion the clerk read an amount for the Rush Truck Centers line that appears in the transcript as "$101,115,456 dollars," which would be inconsistent with the stated combined total. The council did not debate the arithmetic on the record; the clerk completed the roll call and the item passed. The meeting record therefore contains an apparent transcription/formatting error for the Rush Truck Centers amount. The council recorded affirmative votes by present aldermen and authorized procurement; staff will finalize contract documents and report back per purchasing rules.
The city will file the executed contract and sales order with finance; staff and the purchasing office should verify the vendor amounts and the total before payment or encumbrance.
