HomeMy WebLinkAbout08/04/1980 FINANCE COMMITTEE
AUGUST 4, 1980
CITY HALL, WATERLOO,
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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 August 4, 1980.
Council Member Dowie, presiding
On Roll Call : Dowie, Bowers, Roehr
Absent: Wilharm
City Clerk Larry Burger informed the Finance Committee that he and several other offices
including Personnel , Planning and Program, and the Attorneys are investigating the
possibility of buying or leasing a word processor. No specifications have been
developed, but several staff have seen the machine work and are investigating the
applicability to uses within City Hall . Chairman Dowie asked that if at all possible
Committee members make an appointment at A.B. Dick to see orf' demonstrated.
will be taken on the machine. Bids
Jerry Sexton, Electrical Superintendent, presented three bids for afi aerial truck.
They were as follows:
Badger Body and Truck Equipment Company -- Omaha,
Nebraska - $69,699.00
Road Machinery and Supplies Company -- Bloomington,
Minnesota - $68,820.00
Truck Equipment, Inc. , -- Des Moines, Iowa -
$62,997.50
The old machine will not be traded in, but will require repair in the amount on
approximately $14,000 - $15,000. The budgeted amount in F.Y. 1981 Operating Budget
for the machine is $63,000.00. It was moved by Roehr, seconded by Bowers to accept
the low bid of Truck Equipment, Inc. , of Des Moines in the amount of $62,997. 50. The
Motion Carried.
Chairman Dowie inquired as to the possibility of opening all bids on vehicles at the
Finance Committee meeting rather than having each department open them. This procedure
will be instituted.
Junior Grimm Acting Police Chief stated that his department was in need of purchasing
46_ batteries for police car radios. Discussion followed as to the life of batteries
and the last purchase of batteries. Roehr suggested the possibility of investigating
various brands of batteries for durability. It was moved by Bowers , seconded by
Roehr to purchase the batteries at an estimated cost of $2,000.00. The Motion Carried.
Chairman Dowie called for additional business, there was none, and it was moved to
close the meeting at 6: 50 p.m.
Larry P. Burger
City Clerk