HomeMy WebLinkAboutF. KINLOCH EQUIPMENT & SUPPLY - REPAIR DRAINAGE VACTOR TRUCK #929CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS
MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL COMMUNICATIONS
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Date: Reference Subject
7/19/09 No. Recommendation to approve payment to Kinloch 1 of 1
Rnn;nment and Supply, Inc of Houston Tx
RECOMMENDATION:
Equipment Services Division recommends that the City Council approve payment of $34,055.46
to Kinloch Equipment and Supply, Inc to repair Drainage Vactor Truck #929, a 1993
International Vactor 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 had no vacuum. Upon
inspection, it was determined that the unit would not pull a vacuum due to holes rusted through
the body. (This procurement is exempt from the bid process under Texas Local Government Code Section
252.022, Genera! Exemptions (7A), a procurement of items that are available from only one source, including
items that are available from one source because of patents, copyrights, secret processes, or nataral 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 ...............................$34,055.46
BUDGET/FISCAL EFFECT:
The repair cost will be expensed to the fiscal year 2009 Public Works-Drainage Division account
#001-1204-531.43-00.
STAFF/EMPLOYEE EFFECT:
None /~
SUMMAt(
We reco e d that the City of Port Arthur approve payment of $34,055.46 to Kinloch
F,auinment Supply of Houston, Texas for repairs to Unit #929, a 1993 International Vactor
ESD Manager
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Deborah Ec tol
nirector of Finance
Shawna Tubbs
Pur~chasi~ng M,a~naQger
Ross Blackketter
Director of Public Works
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