HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/28/1983 FINANCE COMMITTEE
February 28, 1983
6:30 p.m.
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 Monday, February
28, 1983.
Members present were Dowie, Roehr, Wilharm, and Bowers
The request to purchase a 4 Channel , 40 Watt Mobile Radio for the
Water Pollution Control Plant was discussed. Even though Motorola
could provide the radio at the State of Iowa bid price of $1,560.00 a
lower price may be obtained from another dealer. It was moved by
Bowers, seconded by Roehr to authorize the taking of bids on said
equipment. Motion carried.
The following bids were reviewed for the purchase of a front end
loader for the Street Department:
Bidder Amount
Swaney Equipment Co. $42,482
Herman M. Brown Co. 54,404
Case Power Equip. 39,800
Graham Equip. Corp. 46,960
Altorfer Machinery Co. 44,161
Each of the bidders met minimum specifications. It was moved by
Wilharm, seconded by Bowers to approve the recommendation of the
Street and Garage Superintendents and Purchasing Agent to accept the
low bid of Case Power and Equipment Co. Motion carried.
It was moved by Bowers, seconded by Roehr to approve the following
pay authorizations and requisitions:
Department P.0.# Vendor Amount
Electrical 2740 Kies Electrical Supply Co. $2,834.00
WPCP 4291 Hupp Electric Motors 2,140.00
Auditor IPERS-FOAB 71,687.76
Ia. Public Employees 47,764.43
Retirement System
Blue Cross/Blue Shield 7,722.00
4196 Met Transit Authority 580.35
3200 W' loo Chamber of Commerce 700.00
National Bank/Fed. w-h tax 81,715.04
National Bank/sav, bonds 562.50
4046 Blue Cross/Blue Shield 75,979.59
3904 Peoples Bank & Trust 1,101.00
Clerk 3835 Personnel Decisions, Inc. 584.35
City Hall US Bank/Teleconnect 3,797.00
IPS 19,212.81
Electrical 413 IPS 32,715.53
Fire 4197 National Bank of W'loo 1,500.00
2955 Investment Advisers, Inc. 4,733.40
Garage 4065 Standard Battery & Electric 422.71
3875 FECO, Inc. 1,324.32
92 Donovan Int' l Trucks 863.96
3564 Altorfer Machinery Co. 1,445.17
4071 Northland Products Co. 501.00
91 Dorfman Auto Supply, Inc. 429.11
4070 Elliott Equipment Co. 461.71
92 Donovan International Trucks 416.57
3563 Curtis Industries 502.88
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Department p.o.# Vendor Amount
Health/Sani 2075 B.H. Humane Society $3,630.00
Mayor 3194 W' loo Redevelopment Authority 1,078.58
4198 W' loo Redevelopment Authority 15,000.00
Police 4117 Investment Advisers, Inc. 3,791.74
4183 Clothing Allowance/Officers 3,000.00
4182 Clothing Allowance/Officers 4,800.00
Print Shop 178 Waterloo Paper Co. 534.53
Sewer 1518 IPS 2,094.22
1518 IPS 2,325.86
Street 3430 Gus Stevens 453.30
280 Weaver Construction Co. 697.44
110 Aspro, Inc. 1,926.54
WPCP 3769 IPS 16,361.43
3590 Winterbottom Supply Co. 357.86
2755 Hercules, Inc. 12,564.79
Motion carried.
Bruce Bottorff, Superintendent of the Water Pollution Control Plant,
reported that an emergency repair was necessary to the motor of the
lift station located on Hawthorne Avenue, near Rooff Park. Estimated
cost of the repair is $4,100.00.
With no further business before the committee, the meeting was
adjourned.
Larry P. Burger, City Clerk/Auditor