HomeMy WebLinkAboutC. HEIL OF TX - REPAIRS TO TRASH TRUCK #1635CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS
MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. COMMUNICATIONS
Date: Reference Subject Page
12/23!08 No. Recommendation -approve payment to HEIL of TEXAS for .l.of 1
Repairs to Trash Truck #1635
RECOMMENDATION:
Equipment Services Division recommends that the City Council approve payment of $5,622.43 to
Heil of Texas for repairs to Trash Truck #1635, a 2006 model GMC used in the daily collections of
trash collection. This unit originally cost the City of Port Arthur $103,038.00 and is scheduled for
replacement fiscal year 2014 at an estimated cost of $108,000.00. To date, this truck has 18,549
miles on it and has incurred $7,142.00 in maintenance and repair costs. If approved, the repair cost
will be expensed to the fiscal yeaz 2009 Public Works-Solid Waste Trash Collections Division
Equipment Maintenance account #403-1271-533.43-00, which has an unencumbered balance of
$224,848.50.
BACKGROUND: _
The unit was brought into the gazage for service and we discovered that the main boom pin was
wom. Upon inspection, it was detemtined the unit should be sent to the dealer for evaluation and
repair. (Thu procuremen! is exempt from the bid process under Texas Loca! Government Code Section 251.021,
Genera! Exemptions (7A), a procurement ojitems Jhat are available from only one source, including items that are
available from one source because ojparents, copyrights, secret processes, or natural monopolies.) They have
provided us with the following cost to repair.
Heil of Texas -Houston, Texas ........................:...................$5,622.43
BUDGET/FISCAL EFFECT:
.The repair. cost will be expensed to the fiscal year 2009 Public Works-Solid Waste Trash
Collections Division, account #403-1271-533.43-00 which has a budgeted amount of $225,000.00
and approximately $224,848.50 unencumbered.
STAFF/EMPLOYEE EFFECT:
None
SUMMAR
We recorXt nd th t he City of Port Arthur approve payment of $5,622.43 to "Heil of Texas,
Houston e as fo re airs to Unit #1635. a Trash Collections vehicle.
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Kev n C stopher Shawna Tubbs
ESD Manager Purchasing Manager ~~`
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Rebecca Underhill John Comeaux
Directorof Finance Director of Public Works
Prepared by: Disposition by Council: Processed by City
Secretary
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