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COUNCIL COMMUNICATION FORM <br /> PURCHASING & INTERNAL SERVICES MEMORANDUM <br /> #13-08 <br /> December 9, 2013 <br /> TO: Honorable Mayor McElroy and City Council <br /> FROM: Ryan P. McCrady, City Manager <br /> Gregg Zientara, Financial Management Director <br /> Deborah M. Perry, Purchasing Supervisor <br /> SUBJECT: Bids for tree &bush removal <br /> SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends awarding contract to Romer <br /> Brothers Tree & Shrub Service, Inc. to furnish herbicide application and tree.and bush removal <br /> along the Lost Bridge Road Eastbound embankment adjacent to Lake Decatur. <br /> BACKGROUND: This project is being done for landscape maintenance of the shoreline. In <br /> addition, from a safety standpoint, it will open the view of traffic on the road. Similar projects <br /> were completed in 2012 on William Street Rd., 2011 on Lake Shore Drive, 2009 on Route 51 <br /> Northbound and 2007 on Rea's Bridge Road. <br /> A condition of the bid was the successful vendor must dispose of the landscape debris from this <br /> project in a legal and proper manner or in a landscape waste facility. <br /> POTENTIAL OBJECTION: None <br /> INPUT FROM OTHER SOURCES: Lake Services requested the work and wrote the <br /> specifications. <br /> STAFF REFERENCE: Keith Alexander, Director of Water Management, 424-2863. Randy <br /> Miller, Water Services Manager, 875-5705. Keith will be at the meeting to answer any questions <br /> the council may have about this purchase. <br /> BUDGET: $28,500 Tree & Bush Removal <br /> $ 2,500 Herbicide application <br /> $31,000 from the Lake Services Operating Budget <br />