HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/20/1981 FINANCE COMMITTEE
April 20, 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 April 20 , 1981 .
Council Member Dowie presiding.
On Roll Call : Bowers , Roehr , Dowie Absent : Wilharm
The following bids were opened for street repairs for intersectionsof Burton
Avenue and Airline Highway and Carriage Hill and Stephen Avenue and sidewalk
repair on Rainbow Drive:
BIDDER BID
Dale Clark Contracting Co . $11 , 964. 03
Cedar Falls Construction 13 , 604. 30
Roy Avis Construction 10 ,896 . 00
Cedar Valley Corp . 10 , 324 . 00
Don Thorson, Street Superintendent, stated that this was emergency repair work.
Money will be allocated from available funds from the Carriage Hill Retention
Basin Project . It was moved by Roehr, seconded by Bowers , to refer the above
bids to the City Engineer and Street Department for review and recommendation.
The motion carried.
The following bids were opened for audio logging recorder equipment for the
Police Department :
Dictaphone Corporation
Wahl & Wahl
Due to the difficulty of comparing quotations , see bid forms for bids . It was
moved by Roehr, seconded by Bowers to refer the above bids to the Police
Department for review and recommendation. The motion carried.
Informal bids were received for mace for the Police Department from Personal
Protection System, Ltd. of Davenport , Iowa and John and Gloria Levick of
Cedar Falls . BoLh bids are identical . Since the Levick bid is local , it was
moved by Bowers , seconded by Roehr to approve the Levick bid in the amount of
$5 . 60 each for pocket shields and $7 . 00 each for police shields . The motion
carried.
It was moved by Bowers , seconded by Roehr to approve payment of the following
bills :
DEPT. VENDOR AMOUNT
Central Garage Smitty' s Tire & Appl . $ 605 . 24
Altorfer Mach. 1 , 743 . 50
Water Pollution Crane Packing 600 . 00
Police Iowa State Industries 835 . 00
The motion carried.
Police Chief Grimm presented a bill in the amount of $4, 000. 00 from Hanawalt
Ford for repair to a police car. This vehicle is one which we currently
lease. A replacement car will be provided. It was moved by Bowers , seconded
by Roehr to approve payment of this bill . The motion carried .
Don Thorson, Street Department Superintendent, reported that the bid of Cedar
Valley Corp. was low ($10 , 324. 00) and was in order for the street and sidewalk
repair work. It was moved by Roehr, seconded by Bowers to approve this
recommendation. The motion carried.
The meeting was adjourned at 6 : 58 P .M.
Larry P . Burger
City Clerk