City of Lawrence

Finance Department

MEMORANDUM

DATE:	February 16, 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. 

Parks and Recreation Department is requesting to purchase a one ton truck that will be used by the Horticulturists in the Landscape Division.  It will replace unit 551, a 1995 truck with high mileage and maintenance.  This purchase was approved in the department’s 2005 budget request.

Recommendation Action:

Approve purchase of one (1) one ton truck from Shawnee Mission Ford off the MACPP bid for $16,566.00 (Special Recreation Fund)

cc:	Dave Corliss	Fred DeVictor
	Frank Reeb	Mark Hecker
	Bobbie Walthall	Steve Stewart
	Diane Trybom	Karen Risner