R2015-26 AUTHORIZING CITY TO ACQUIRE A PIERCE IMPEL PUMPER FIRE APPARATUS

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Fire Department #2015-01 Date: March 10, 2015 To: Honorable Mayor Michael T. McElroy City Council Members From: Gregg D. Zientara, Interim City Manager Jeff Abbott, Fire Chief RE: Acquisition of Fire Apparatus SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: City Administration recommends City Council approval of the attached resolution granting consent for the acquisition of a Pierce Impel Pumper fire apparatus replacing a 1994 Pierce Pumper fire apparatus. BACKGROUND: The City Fire Department acquired the fire apparatus to be replaced in 1994. This apparatus has an accumulated use of 121,312 miles and 10,131 engine hours. The 10,131 engine hours equates to 607,860 road miles of usage. One engine hours equals 60 road miles for diesel engines. This apparatus has been on the schedule for equipment replacement for the last two (2) years. The 1994 apparatus is the oldest equipment in the fleet and upon replacement will be sold through the normal City vehicle disposal process, with proceeds to be deposited into the Fire Capital Fund. The pumper apparatus is to be acquired is manufactured by Pierce Manufacturing of Appleton, Wisconsin. The apparatus is a Pierce Impel 1500 gallon per minute pumper with a 500 gallon water tank. The apparatus will be purchased through a fire apparatus consortium buying group, the HGACBuy Group, which is a Texas based buying group out of the Houston/Galveston Area. The City has elected to utilize this consortium buying group at the recommendation of the manufacturer. The City previously acquired fire apparatus through the NorthWest Municpal Conference ("NWMC") buying group, which suspended the heavy truck purchasing program in 2014, rendering fire apparatus acquisition through the NWMC as an option no longer available. Apparatus acquisition through the HGACBuy Group is similar to acquisition through a state bid process. The utilization of the HGACBuy Group allows the City to acquire the apparatus at consortium buying pricing and does not negatively impact the City in any pricing matter. This is the most affordable mechanism for acquisition of the apparatus. The acquisition has been contemplated in the 2015 Council approved budget, whereby, the apparatus would be acquired and delivered in late calendar 2015, under a financing acquisition scenario. Financing will be shopped to local banks as the first priority, and second to other financing institutions should local financing not be a desirable option.