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� <br /> � . <br /> COUNCIL COMMUNICATION FORM <br /> PURCHASING & 1NTERNAL SERVICES MEMORANDUM <br /> #09-19 <br /> Apri16, 2009 <br /> TO: Honorable Mayor Carrigan and City Council <br /> FROM: Ryan P. McCrady, City Manager �� , <br /> Ron Neufeld, Financial Management Director � ' <br /> Deborah M. Perry, Purchasing Supervisor� , <br /> SUBJECT: Bids for tree and bush removal <br /> SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends awarding contract to Walker's Tree <br /> Care, Inc. to furnish herbicide application and tree and bush removal along the Route 51 <br /> Northbound embankment adjacent to and crossing 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 2006 on Lost Bridge Road and in 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 /> Staff received an opinion from the Illinois Department of Labor that the tree and bush removal is <br /> not subject to the Prevailing Wage Act. <br /> The low bidder has also provided the City with the necessary bonding requirements and proof of <br /> insurance for this project. Walker's Tree Care, Inc. completed similar projects on Lost Bridge <br /> and Rea's Bridge Road. <br /> POTENTIAL OBJECTION: None <br /> INPUT FROM OTHER SOURCES: Lake Services requested the work and wrote the <br /> specifications. <br /> STAFF REFERENCE: Keith Alexander, Water Department Director, 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: $ 9993 Tree & Bush Removal <br /> $ 307 Herbicide Application <br /> $10,300 from the Water Lake Capital Fund <br />