City of Lawrence

Finance Department

MEMORANDUM

DATE:	January 12, 2005
TO:	Mike Wildgen
	City Manager
FROM:	Alan D. Landis
	Purchasing Specialist

Last August the City of Lawrence began working on a joint bid and cooperative purchasing agreement through Mid-America Council of Public Purchasing (MACPP) for 2005 vehicles.  There were fourteen other government entities besides Lawrence working on the bid including Douglas County and entities in the Kansas City area belonging to MACPP.  This year the City of Overland Park headed the bidding process and the bids were approved by the Overland Park City Council on November 8, 2004.  Ten vendors bid on 57 different vehicles. 

Finance/Utility Billing is requesting to replace Unit 221 with high mileage and high maintenance costs.  The pickup is used daily by the Utility Billing Field Service Representatives for meter maintenance and collections.

Recommendation Action:

Approve purchase of one pickup from Shawnee Mission Ford off the MACPP bid in the amount of $16,488.00 (Finance/Utility Billing)

cc:	Dave Corliss	George Elliott
	Frank Reeb	Steve Stewart
	Bobbie Walthall
	Diane Trybom