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DATE: JUNE 2, 1989
T0: AfAYOR & COUNCILPiEPiBER5
C/0 ADMINISTRATOR JILK
FROPi: CITY ENGINEER/PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR HEFTI
RE: TTEMS FOR THE JUNE 6, 1989 COUNCIL riEETING
DEPARTMENT H�ADS REPORT/BUSINESS
Receipt of 4x4 Pickups for Fire Department
For Councils information, the 4x4 pickups that we ordered from Farmington Ford in
January have arrived. The Fire Department is preparing the vehicles Por their
grass fire rigs at this moment.
There was one small glitch in the pickups. The bidder made a mistake when he
ordered the pickups and ordered them with a 351 V-8 instead of a 4b0 V-8 as we
speeified. However, because the trucks met the speGifications in every other
aspect, I negotiated with the bidder to provide two heavy duty step bumpers at no
eost to the City in exchange for accepting the 351 engines. The Fire Department
felt that the 351 engine would be adequate for their needs but were concerned
that when they turn them over to the Fublic Works Department that they may not be
big enough. We test drove the pickups and our mechanic indicates because they
are fuel injected that the 351 should give us plenty of horsepower for our needs.
The reason that I negotiated a settlement with the bidder was because the only
other bidder was from Chevrolet and they did 'not meet specifications in several
areas. For example, the Chevrolet could not meet the suspension requirements of
the specifications. The bidder also made a mistake on his paperwork when he
invoiced us for the vehicles. Purchase order for Councils approval under the
Cansent Agenda is for $3Q,110. This is a result of a typo on the bidders bill
and should have been the bid amount, $31,440. I made out anothez purchase order
in the amount of the difference, $1,330. This will be processed shortly.