HomeMy WebLinkAboutD. KINLOCH EQUIPMENT & SUPPLY - VACTOR TRUCK #986 REPAIRSCITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS
MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL COMMUNICATIONS
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3/2/09 No. Recommendation to approve payment of $7,904.36 to 1 of 1
Kinloch Equipment and Supply, Inc of Houston Tx
RECOMMENDATION:
Equipment Services Division recommends that the City Council approve payment of $7,904.36
to Kinloch Equipment and Supply, Inc to repair Vactor Truck #986, a 1993 International Truck.
The repair cost will be expensed to the fiscal yeaz 2009 Public Works-Drainage Division Motor
Vehicle Maintenance account #001-1204-531.43-00.
BACKGROUND:
The Drainage Department informed the Shop Foreman that the unit's vacuum system was
inoperable. Upon inspection, it was determined that the unit had a bad geazbox and clutch assy.
(This procurement is exemp! from the bid process under Texas Local Government Code Section 252.022,
General Exemptions (7AJ, a procurement ojitems that are available from only one source, including items that
are available jrom one source because ojpatents, copyrights, secret processes, or natural monopolies.) The
dealer was contacted for an estimate of all parts required to get the unit back into service and
they returned the following costs:
Kinloch Equipment and Supply of Houston, Tx ...............................$7,904.36
BUDGET/FISCAL EFFECT:
The repair cost will be expensed to the fiscal yeaz 2009 Public Works-Drainage Division account
#001-1204-531.43-00 which has a budgeted amount of $195,000.00 and approximately
$119,364.00 unencumbered.
STAFF/EMPLOYEE EFFECT:
None
SUMMARY:
We recomm d that the City of Port Arthur approve payment of $7,904.36 to Kinloch
Equipment Supply of Houston, Texas for repairs to Unit #986, a 1993 International Truck
used in a operations of sewer cleanouts.
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vi Christopher hawna Tubbs
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Purchasing Manager
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Rebecca Underhill Ross Blackketter
Director of Finance Director of Public Works
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