HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/02/1996 FINANCE COMMITTEE
January 2, 1996
2 :45 p.m.
Large Conference Room
Members present : Chairperson Krizek, Mollenhoff, Anders .
Moved by Mollenhoff, seconded by Anders that the Agenda, as
proposed, be approved. Ayes : Three . Motion carried.
Moved by Anders, seconded by Mollenhoff that the Minutes of
December 18, 1995, as proposed, be approved. Aye : Three . Motion
carried.
The following bids received for the design of the abutments for the
two new bridges to be installed at Gates Golf Course were reviewed:
Bidder Bid Amount
Robinson Engineering Company $3 , 600 . 00
Van Winkle-Jacob Engineer, Inc. $6, 900 . 00
It was the recommendation of the Superintendent of Parks that the
low bid of Robinson Engineering Company in the amount of $3 , 600 . 00
be approved. Moved by Mollenhoff, seconded by Anders that said
recommendation be approved. Ayes : Three . Motion carried.
The request of the Superintendent of Parks for authorization to
seek bids for private contracted removal of trees and stumps along
city streets was reviewed. The private contract is for removal of
approximately 50 trees and 120 stumps . Funds are available in the
FY96 Parks Budget due to a funded, unfilled Parks Maintenance II
Forestry position. Moved by Mollenhoff, seconded by Anders to
forward this request to the full council for authorization to set
date of hearing and bid opening. Ayes : Three. Motion carried.
The following bids received for hard drives and backup tape system
for the City Hall server were reviewed:
HARD DRIVES
Bidder Equipment Bid Amount
Warren Western Digital - Caviar 31200
Model WDAC31200 9 . 6ms
$320 . 00 each x 3 $ 960 . 00
I .B.M. Western Digital - Caviar 31200
Model WDAC31200 9 . 6ms
$345 . 00 each x 3 $1, 035 . 00
Global Maxstor - 71050A 12ms
$269 . 95 each x 3 $ 809 . 85
TAPE DRIVES
Warren HP SureStore Tape $1, 215 . 00
C1528F 8GB Internal
Global Computer Discount Warehouse $1, 999 . 87
Exabyte 7GB Internal
The estimated cost of $2, 024 . 85 will be paid with funds from the
Infrastructure Management Account .
The following bids received for two computers with Windows 95
preloaded and 16 meg of ram, and two token ring adapters for the
Sign & Traffic Department were reviewed:
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Bidder Computer Unit Price I .B.M. S.M. C.
I .B.M. Data Plus $1, 875 . 00 + tr $280 . 00 $260 . 00
Dell Dell Dimensions $1, 679 . 00 + tr $280 . 00 $260 . 00
The estimated cost of $3 , 918 . 00 will be paid from the Sign &
Traffic budget .
Bids received for the following pieces of computer hardware for the
Waterloo Library were reviewed:
1 100 mhz Pentium Computer
1 28 . 8 external modem
1 Printer with four way switch box
2 IBM PS/2 486sx computers
5 1 .44 floppy disk drives
1 CD-ROM Tower
Addition memory for existing computers
The estimated cost of $8, 390 . 00 will be funded with gift money the
Library has received.
The Computer Technical Review Committee recommended approval of the
above equipment at its meeting on November 15, 1995 .
Moved by Mollenhoff, seconded by Anders that the purchase of the
above computer hardware and software be approved. Ayes : Three.
Motion carried.
The request of the Police Chief for approval of a field training
supervision seminar contract was reviewed. The contract is with
Bruce Sokolove, field training instructor at Northwestern
University Traffic Institute. Mr. Sokolove will conduct a four-day
Field Training Supervision Seminar at the police training facility
in April 1996 . Ten field supervisors will receive the training and
18 other spots will be sold to other departments at a cost of
$300 . 00 each. Moved by Mollenhoff, seconded by Anders that said
request be approved. Ayes : Three. Motion carried.
Moved by Mollenhoff, seconded by Anders that a garbage refund in
the amount of $120 . 00 for 928 Jefferson Street be approved. Ayes :
Three. Motion carried.
Moved by Mollenhoff, seconded by Anders that a garbage refund in
the amount of $366 . 00 for 441 Allen and $183 . 00 for 850 W. 4th
Street be approved. Ayes : Three . Motion carried.
Moved by Anders, seconded by Mollenhoff that the request of the
Superintendent of Parks to transfer $5, 000 from Line Item 1131
(Health Insurance) and $25, 000 from Line Item 1111 (Salaries -
Regular) to Line Item 1390 (Other Contractual Services) be
approved. Ayes : Three. Motion carried.
Moved by Mollenhoff, seconded by Anders that Bills Payment, as
contained in Schedule AP640, pp. 1-83 , dated January 2, 1996 in the
amount of $1, 921, 693 . 23 , be received, placed on file and forwarded
to the full council for approval . Ayes : Three. Motion carried.
With no further business before the council, it was moved by
Mollenhoff, seconded by Anders that the meeting be adjourned at
3 : 15 p.m. Ayes : Three. Motion carried.
Susan Fangman
City Clerk