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TO: Mayor John Laesch
FROM: Jeff Schmidt, Superintendent of Golf Operations
DATE: November 4, 2025
SUBJECT:
A resolution approving a one-year lease agreement with Nadler Golf Car Sales Inc. for the use of 72 GPS equipped golf cars, not to exceed of $54,885.00.
PURPOSE:
To add an addendum to extend the current golf car lease with Nadler Golf Car Sales Inc. for the lease of 72 "2021 Model Tempo EFI" GPS equipped gasoline powered golf cars to be used at Phillips Park Golf Course.
BACKGROUND:
The City has been leasing golf cars from Nadler Golf Car Sales Inc. for over 20 years. Our previous lease with Nadler expires December 1, 2025 (R21-035). RFP 20-58 was conducted in November 2020 for a three year contract with optional two 1-year extensions. Proposals were evaluated and Nalder Golf Car Sales Inc. was selected as the company whose proposal best met our needs.
DISCUSSION:
Nadler Golf Car Sales Inc. has been in business for over 62 years, and are located locally here in Aurora. They currently lease approximately 5,500 golf cars in the Chicagoland area, many of those leases being with other municipalities and public golf courses. The current fleet is five years old and has been maintained regularly and full off-season reconditioning has been performed per the agreement. An RFP is an option, but we are recommending retaining the existing golf car fleet as a cost-saving measure for the City. The City would incur a much greater expense if a new fleet was to be leased.
Nadler's proposal also included a robust service agreement including automatic weekly service, "no charge" emergency service, full coverage insurance, spare tires, and full off-season reconditioning.
The addendum is for a one year lease. In summer of 2026, staff will look at the options of rebidding for 2027.
The cost of leasing 72 golf cars will be $54,885 for one year. Funding for this expenditure has been requested in the 2026 budget, to be allocated in account 550-4442-451.39-03.
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