City of Lawrence

Finance Department

MEMORANDUM

DATE:	November 10, 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 2006 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 October 17, 2005.  Ten vendors bid on 57 different vehicles. 

Parks and Recreation Department is requesting to purchase two one ton trucks, one will be used by the Landscape Division and the other by Facilities Maintenance, District#2.  They will replace units 532 and 599 both one ton trucks with high mileage and maintenance costs and are becoming unsafe to operate on the road.  These purchases were approved in the department’s 2005 budget request.

Recommendation Action:

Approve purchase of two (2) one ton trucks from Shawnee Mission Ford off the MACPP bid for $17,129.00 each, totaling $34,258.00 (50% from Special Recreation Fund/50% from Parks & Recreation/Facilities Maintenance)

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