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Resolution to Amend the Fleet and Facility Unit FY 2013 Budget by Appropriating Funds from the Fleet Services and Solid Waste Fund Balances and to Approve the Purchase of Two Compressed Natural Gas Powered Front Loading Refuse Trucks from Bell Equipment Company (ITB # 4250 $604,714.00) (8 Votes Required)
Memorandum
The attached resolution authorizes the purchase of two front loading refuse trucks with Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) powered engines. The trucks will be used by the Public Services Area, Field Operations Unit.
These trucks will replace two 2008 model year trucks that have experienced excessive down time and repair cost. Truck number 8515 has been in service for 5 years with 5,770 hours of operation. In fiscal years 2011 and 2012 the repair cost have averaged over $54,000.00 per year and the truck has averaged slightly less than two breakdowns per month. In the first 6 months of FY 2013 the repair cost has exceeded $56,000.00 and it has had 24 breakdowns taking it out of service for over 140 hours.
Truck number 8516 has been in service for 4.5 years with 6,900 hours of operation. In fiscal years 2011 and 2012 the repair cost have averaged over $35,500.00 per year and the truck has averaged more than two breakdowns per month. In the first 6 months of FY 2013 the repair cost has exceeded $46,500.00 and it has had 27 breakdowns taking it out of service for over 100 hours.
The excessive amount of breakdowns has meant that one of these two trucks has been of out of service 23% of the time this fiscal year. This has increased cost to the operating budget for rental trucks and employee overtime. This has also caused the overuse of the remaining truck preventing it from being taken out of service to perform deferred maintenance, resulting in higher repair costs when the components fail. The excessive number of breakdowns has also caused us to be unable to properly serve the downtown/DDA customers.
When these trucks were purchased, the Public Service...
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