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Board of Trustees Meeting April 8, 2008 |
Agenda Item: New Business
Discussion and/or approval to purchase two (2) EZ-Go ST-480 Work Horse carts from lowest responsible bidder not to exceed a total of $20,000.00 from Fund # 9000.01.225 - Contingency Expense. – Jim Saulnier
Background:
In order to maximize treatment efficiency and maintain continued momentum of
control, the RIFA control program
requires the use of five golf cart vehicles applying control products on large
parcels, such as country clubs and golf courses. The use of workhorses has proven to be a very
reliable vehicle for the application and delivery of control products in
accomplishing this task. Carry-all golf
carts have also been used for this application.
The RIFA work requirements in these environments have proven to be too much for this vehicle. Using the golf carts with heavy loads of pesticide
in the Herd spreaders over prolonged periods fatigue the rear suspension systems,
creating structural stress and increased down time for repairs. Purchasing two additional work horse vehicles
with their superior design for our application would complete the pesticide
delivery fleet needed. The Carry-all
golf carts will be used as part of the country club eye gnat control program
which does not require heavy-duty vehicles.
These Work Horse carts were not included in the original FY
2007-2008 Budget; funding is to come from Contingency Expense.
Staff Recommendation:
Approve the purchase of
Fiscal Impact:
Current funds available from Fund #9000.01.225 – Contingency Expense are $792,900, which is 100% of the budgeted amount for this line item. This expenditure is approximately 3% of the available balance.