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� . . <br /> COUNCIL COMMUNICATION FORM . <br /> PURCHASING& INTERNAL SERVICES MEMORANDUM <br /> #07-41 <br /> August 1, 2007 <br /> TO: Honorable Mayor Osborne and City Council <br /> FROM: Steve Ga City Manager <br /> Ron Neuf , inancial Management Director <br /> Deborah M. erry, Purchasing Supervisor� <br /> SUBJECT: Bids for Tree Removals —Ice Storm Damage <br /> SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends awardin r ' I <br /> g cont act to Walker s Tree <br /> Care to remove 70 trees located at various addresses in Snow Route 9. Snow Route 9 is the area <br /> bounded by Eldorado to the south, Pershing Road on the north, Oakland Avenue on the west, and <br /> Main Street on the east. <br /> BACKGROUND: These trees are being removed because of damage caused from the <br /> November 2006 ice storm. The trees are all located on the City right of way in Snow Route 9. <br /> A condition of the bid was that the successful vendor must dispose of all landscape debris from <br /> this project in a legal and proper manner or in a landscape waste facility. <br /> The low bidder has also provided the City with proof of insurance and named the City of Decatur <br /> as additional insured on this project. <br /> POTENTIAL OBJECTION: None <br /> INPUT FROM OTHER SOURCES: Forestry Division requested the removals and wrote the <br /> specifications. <br /> STAFF REFERENCE: Rick Marley, Director of Engineering and Infrastructure, 424-2747. <br /> Randy Callison, City Forester, 875-4820. Rick will be at the council meeting to answer any <br /> questions City Council has about this purchase. <br /> BUDGET: $34,592.75 from the General Fund, with FEMA reimbursement of 75%. <br /> $ 6,154.50 from the General Fund. <br />