HomeMy WebLinkAbout07/06/1982 FINANCE COMMITTEE
July 6 , 1982
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 Monday , July 6 , 1982 .
Council Member Dowie presiding officer.
On Roll Call : Dowie , Wilharm , Bowers , Roehr.
Bids received for signal installation and mast arms and poles for the
F . Y . 1982 E . San Marnan at Sears St . and Penneys St . Improvements , Contract
No. 230 were reviewed and were as follows :
Signal Equipment Bidder Bid
1 . General Traffic Control $29 , 746 . 00
2. Brown Traffic Products , Inc . $22 , 383 . 20
Signal & Mast Arm Poles Bidder Bid
1 . Kies Electric Supply Co. $10 , 700 . 00
The City Engineer ' s Office recommended that the bid of General Traffic
Controls & Kies Electric Supply Company be approved. It was moved by Roehr ,
seconded by Wilharm that this recommendation be approved. The motion
carried .
Bids received for F . Y . 1983 Street Department Pavement & Sidewalk Repair
Program were reviewed and were as follows :
Bidder Amt .
Concrete Foundations , Inc . $13 , 209 . 35
Tom Dolan Concrete Contractors $12 , 991 . 55
Dale J . Clark Contracting Co. $ 17 , 209. 46
Bowers Masonry $13 , 387 . 11
The City Engineer ' s Office recommended that the low bid of Bowers Masonry be
accepted. It was moved by Wilharm , seconded by Bowers to approve this
recommendation . The motion carried.
Bids received for installation of conduit for railroad signal wire as
follows :
Bidder Amt .
Hoffman & Hoffman Trenching , Inc. $552 . 50
See Electric , Inc . $592 . 00
Abbott Trenching Co . , Inc. $800 . 00
Ernster & Co . , Inc . $910 . 00
The City Engineer ' s Office recommended that the low bid of Hoffman & Hoffman
Trenching , Inc . , be accepted. It was moved by Roehr , seconded by Wilharm to
approve this recommendation . The motion carried.
The establishment of contracting and central purchasing systems has been
discussed with the council on several previous occasions . It was moved by
Wilharm , seconded by Bowers that the establishment of a contracting and
central purchasing system be recommended to the City Council for approval .
The motion carried. (see CR 82734 of July 6 , 1982 for further action ) .
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Authorization to take bids on three ( 3) radios for Sewer and Street
Department was reviewed . It was moved by Wilharm, seconded by Bowers to
authorize the solicitation of bids . The motion carried.
It was moved by Roehr , seconded by Wilharm to approve the payment of the
following bills :
Department P . O. # Vendor Amount
Conway 9389 Motorola Communications $2 , 704 . 00
Fire None Gerald L . Olson , Chief $ 82 . 58
Water Pollution
Control 10096 Eimco Process Machinery $1 , 310 . 00
10097 Hercules , Inc $12 , 738 . 59
10127 Automatic Systems , Co . $ 463 . 18
10128 Iowa Custom Machine $ 345 . 00
10129 Peerless Pump Co. $ 696 . 23
The motion carried .
Mayor Rooff reported that money is available for a street repair program.
Two ( 2) rollers will be purchased and twelve ( 12 ) persons temporarily hired to
do the work .
With no further business before the Committee , the meeting was adjourned .
Larry P. Burger
Clerk/Auditor