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COUNCIL COMMUNICATION FORM <br /> PURCHASING & INTERNAL SERVICES MEMORANDUM <br /> #O1 - 17 <br /> February 20, 2001 <br /> TO: Honorable Mayor Howley and City Council <br /> FROM: Steve Garman, City Manager <br /> Beth Couter, Financial Management Director <br /> Deborah M. Perry, Purchasing Supervisor � <br /> SUBJECT: Bids to upgrade inground automotive lift at Municipal Service Center. <br /> SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends awarding bid to Automotive <br /> Equipment Sales, Inc. for one (1) 2001 Rotary FM l OMLSPL/ROT 575 to upgrade inground <br /> automotive lift. <br /> BACKGROUND: The lift currently in use has a capacity of 54,000 pounds. Newer fire <br /> apparatus requires a lift with higher weight capacity and longer wheel base. <br /> The bid of Illinois Oil Marketing and the alternate bid of Automotive Equipment Sales, Inc. do <br /> not meet City of Decatur specifications. The City of Decatur requires the lift to have capacity of <br /> 80,000 pounds. These two lifts only have a capacity of 72,000 pounds. <br /> The third low bid of Automotive Equipment Sales, Inc. meets City of Decatur specifications. <br /> POTENTIAL OBJECTION: None. <br /> INPUT FROM OTHER SOURCES: Fleet Maintenance wrote specifications and recommends � <br /> the award. <br /> STAFF REFERENCE: Tom Serfass, Fleet Supervisor, Fleet Maintenance 875-5718 and <br /> Deborah M. Perry, Purchasing Supervisor 424-2762. <br /> BUDGET: $35,905.00 from Fleet Maintenance Fund. <br />