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Administrative Burden + <br />Public Safety <br />Unintended Consequences <br />Low threshold creating operational issues in Post-Covid <br />economy <br />¤Fire Engine repairs in March of 2023 were $17K <br />¤Unanticipated Inflationary Pressures <br />¤Engine 1 repairs in August for Transfer case $15K <br />¤Plethora of items exceeding BOC threshold <br />¤Competitive Bidding requires resources from private industry partners, <br />which drive up costs <br />¤Ambulance repairs for Tires and Brakes in May > $7,700 <br />¤Some potential vendors donÓt want to bid because <br />¤Of extra workload involved in a bid package, <br />¤Purchasing Undercover Police Vehicles Î Public, <br />¤Availability of vendors and contractors also decreases with the protracted bid <br />process; both of which most likely yields to higher costs due to less potential <br />competitive bidding is not an appropriate venue <br />partners for the City to work with <br />¤City is at a competitive disadvantage relative to our government <br />counterparts <br />Public Works Issues <br />Public Works Continued <br />Motor Vehicles and Equipment <br />Parks and Public Property <br />¤Many equipment items exceed the $7,500 threshold and potential vendors do <br />¤Hot Water Tanks $12,000 <br />not bid due to the work involved on items with small margins <br />¤Playground Mulch $15,000 <br />¤Unscheduled auto repairs consistently exceed the $7,500 limit <br />¤Various Building, HVAC, Roof, and Fence repairs exceed $7,500 <br />¤Unanticipated repair amounts are delayed while waiting to obtain BOC <br />Approval <br />Streets <br />¤Minor Collisions routinely Exceed $7,500 <br />¤Traffic signs and signal repair costs <br />Lakefront Ballfield Project <br />¤Overhead doors used in City facilities <br />¤Potential bidders not bidding due to small size of the project and amount of <br />work involved in bidding. <br />¤Prices for all commodities such as Asphalt, crack sealer, sand, stone, <br />and cement have risen dramatically & we can obtain better prices <br />based on volume purchased. <br /> <br />