HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/09/1981 FINANCE COMMITTEE
November 9, 1981
City Hall
Waterloo, Iowa
The Finance Committee of the City of Waterloo, Iowa met in the Mayor's Conference Room in
City Hall at 6:30 P.M. on November 9, 1981.
Council Member Dowie presiding officer.
On Roll Call : Dowie, Wilharm, Bowers, Roehr
The following bids were opened for a salt spreader for the Street Department:
BIDDER AMOUNT
1) Weston Bodies, Inc. $3,844.00
2) Morrison Equipment No Bid
3) CET Trucking Equipment 4,663.00
4) Elliott Equipment Company 4,928.50
5) Wayne Engineering Corporation 4,046.00
It was moved by Wilharm, seconded by Bowers to refer the bids to the Street Department
for review and recommendation. The motion carried.
The following bids were opened for safety holsters (143) for the Police Department:
BIDDER AMOUNT
1) Shot Shop $3,273.25
2) Law Enforcement Equipment 3,163.16
3) Sioux Sales Company 3,237.52
4) Constable Equipment 3,244.67
It was moved by Bowers, seconded by Wilharm to refer the above bids to the Police
Department for review and recommendation. The motion carried.
The following bids were received for replacement of the salt storage building for the
Street Department:
BIDDER Demolition of Demolition of Fence
Building Building Wall
1) John G. Miller Const-
truction Company $2,826.00 $2,066.00 $2,865.00
2) Denman Phillips 3,221.25 1 ,941.00 4,560.00
3) Heene Construction Total $3,600.00
4) Jens Olson Base - $3,585.00 Demolition $2,880,00
It was moved by Roehr, seconded by Bowers to refer the above bids to the Building
Committee for review and recommendation. The motion carried.
The Director of Health and Sanitation recommended that the bid of Iowa Business Machines
(Olympia) be approved. The bid price was $1,435.00. It was moved by Wilharm, seconded
by Roehr to approve this recommendation. The motion carried.
The Acting City Electrician recommended that all bids received for traffic signal
controllers be rejected. This was due to the need to expand the scope of equipment. It
was moved by Wilharm, seconded by Bowers to approve this recommendation. The motion
carried.
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It was moved by Roehr, seconded by Wilharm to approve payment of the following bills :
DEPT. P.O. VENDOR AMT.
Garage 7515 Firestone Stores $ 465.84
Health/Sani 7586 Hanawalt Ford 8,704.15
Engineers 7590 Aspro, Inc. 15,693.89
7620 Illinois Central Gulf 1,150.44
7628 Seaman Nuclear Corp. 550.00
Fire 7632 Hawkeye Inst. of Tech. 525.00
Police 7551 Simcon, Inc. 2,000.00
7555 Black Hawk Electrical 674.00
53891 1,158.00
NOTE: P.O. #7539 to Fereday' s Heating in the amount of $1 ,099.85 which was listed as an
approved bill in minutes of 11/2/81 should not have been included as an approved payment.
Payment was not made at that time. The motion carried.
Don Thorson, Street Department Superintendent, asked for approval of the following
garbage collection schedule for the holidays (Thanksgiving and Christmas) :
If your normal pick-up Your change will be ---
day is ---
Thursday, November 26 No pick-up this week
Friday, November 27 No pick-up this week
Thursday, December 24 No pick-up this week
Friday, December 25 Pick-up to be Monday,
December 28
Friday, January 1 No pick-up this week
It was moved by Roehr, seconded by Wilharm to approve the above schedule. The motion
carried.
The Building Committee recommended that the low bid of Heene Construction in the amount
of $3,600 be approved for the salt building replacement. It was moved by Bowers,
seconded by Wilharm to approve this recommendation. The motion carried.
The meeting was adjourned at 6:55 P.M.
Larry P. Burger
City Clerk