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Resolution to Approve the Purchase of Elgin Street Sweeper from Bell Equipment Company (State of Michigan Bid $175,175.00)
Memorandum
The attached resolution authorizes the purchase of a 2012 Elgin Pelican series street sweeper, for the total amount of $175,175.00, from Bell Equipment Company, Lake Orion, Michigan. This unit will replace a 2001 street sweeper used by the Public Services Area, Field Operations Unit.
The sweeper being replaced has been in service ten years and has 6,600 hours of use. Over the last two years, this unit has been to Fleet Service for maintenance and repairs 82 times of which 40% have been for breakdowns. The total cost of all repairs over the same time frame have exceeded $104,300.00 Not only are the repairs costly but the excessive down time is crucial as there are no backup or spare sweepers in the fleet. The sweeper being replaced has a number of high value parts that will be removed. The parts will be rebuilt and used on other sweepers in the fleet. The remaining shell will be sold as scrap metal.
Last year the Field Operations Unit reduced its fleet of street sweeper by one unit. The service unit currently operates a fleet of four mechanical (Pelican series) street sweepers and one vacuum street sweeper. The four Pelicans are used to pick up the larger items and the majority of small debris. The vacuum is used as a second or “finishing” sweeper to pick up the small debris that the mechanical sweepers cannot pick up.
The four mechanical sweepers are comprised of two that require water to be sprayed on the roadway to keep the dust down during the sweeping operation and two “‘waterless” units. Waterless sweepers have skirting that completely surrounds the bottom of the unit to contain the dust. Although a waterless unit does a better job of picking up the “fines” or smallest debris off the road, its skirting prevents the unit from picking up larger items like cups and cans. Both types of sweepers are needed to mainta...
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