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Commission approves amendment with Goodyear for fleet maintenance after commissioners raise procurement concerns
Summary
The commission approved a second amendment to the Goodyear Tire and Rubber contract for fleet maintenance and repair services; one commissioner criticized repeated amendments and urged re-bidding after the contract ballooned from an initial $120,000 to a much larger amount.
The commission approved a second amendment to the city's agreement with Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company to continue providing fleet maintenance and repair services for group 1 vehicles.
Staff said the vendor was the primary awardee after the competitive process and that the secondary bidder declined to sign, leaving the city with the current contractor as the primary provider. Commissioner Stevenson expressed strong objections and noted the contract value's expansion over repeated amendments: "This contract was originally for $120,000. Now it's 1.2 [million]. That's 1000 percent more than it was contracted for," they said, and argued the city should re-bid rather than continue incremental amendments.
Staff responded that rebidding now would delay critical work, particularly for projects tied to the Golden Shores undergrounding, and noted that the city's previous procurement timeline had included both primary and secondary awardees. The commission voted to approve the amendment; the transcript records at least one 'no' vote noted for the record.
