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Resolution to Approve the Purchase of Vacuum Street Sweeper from Bell Equipment Company (State of Michigan MiDeal Contract # 071B1300075 $263,940.00)
Memorandum
The attached resolution authorizes the purchase of an Elgin Whirlwind vacuum street sweeper mounted on a 2015 Freightliner M2 chassis for $263,940.00 from Bell Equipment Company, Lake Orion, Michigan. This unit will replace a 2005 vacuum street sweeper. The sweeper will be used by the Public Services Area, Field Operations Unit.
The sweeper being replaced has been in service ten years and has 3,200 hours of use. Over the last three years we have spent $48,150.00 in repairs. The unit uses an impeller or fan to create its vacuum which needs to be replaced. The estimated cost to replace the fan is $20,000.00 to $25,000.00.
This unit is the only vacuum sweeper of the City's fleet of five street sweepers. A vacuum sweeper is an essential part of the City's plan to control water pollution as it is the only sweeper that will pick up the fine sediment left behind by the brooms on a mechanical street sweeper. A vacuum sweeper is also used to prevent fine particles from plugging porous pavement and preventing water from draining thought its surface.
As a part of the City's 2013 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit Application, the City is mandated to manage pollutants that may enter into the City's storm water system and be discharged into the Huron River. Much of the potential pollution comes from road runoff in the public right-of-way. Road runoff contains not only salts and sand from snow management; it also has road debris, litter, heavy metal (i.e. brake dust) and solvents/automotive fluids that drip from vehicles. The prevention of this runoff is a crucial part in the protection of the Huron River and its ecology.
The Fleet Fund and Storm Water Fund have budgeted adequate funds for this purchase.
Bell Equipment Company complies with the requiremen...
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