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Resolution to Amend the Local Street Fund FY18 Budget by Appropriating Funds from Fund Balance and to Approve the Purchase of Road Maintenance Equipment from Falcon Road Maintenance Equipment LLC (MiDeal - $24,172.55 and National Joint Powers Alliance (NJPA) - $15,344.00) (8 Votes Required)
Memorandum
The attached resolution authorizes the purchase of one Falcon 150-gallon tack tank trailer ($15,344.00), and one Falcon pothole/patch recycler trailer ($24,172.55), for a total cost of $39,516.55, through the State of Michigan MiDeal cooperative purchasing, contract #071B7700092, and the NJPA cooperative purchasing contract #052417-FRM, for use by the Public Services Area, Public Works Unit.
The tack tank trailer will replace an existing 2005 Leeboy 150 gallon tack tank trailer (#4959), which the Public Works Unit uses in its streets maintenance operations throughout the City. Crews apply tack before asphalt work, including any hot patching such as potholes, milling and filling for utility patches, or repaving sections of the street.
Falcon Road Maintenance Equipment LLC, Midland, Michigan, was awarded contract #052417-FRM by the National Joint Powers Alliance cooperative purchasing program for Asphalt Patching Equipment.
The pothole/patch recycler trailer will be an addition to the fleet to support the Public Works Unit's ability to increase its capacity to maintain City streets. The unit is used year round. In the winter months, staff use it to warm up the UPM (cold patch) for easier application and better adhesion to the road surfaces for pothole patching. In the summer months, staff uses it for cross-walk maintenance or any off-hours asphalt work done during resurfacing projects when heavy traffic must be avoided. The unit allows staff to store hot asphalt for a longer time by keeping it at a higher temperature so that it may be applied when the project is ready, rather than right away.
The City is currently renting this unit from Falcon Road Ma...
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