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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Mark Matkovich, Assistant Chief of Services - Aurora Fire Department
DATE: April 18, 2022
SUBJECT:
Resolution authorizing the purchase of one (1) 2024 E-One Cyclone Custom Pumper Apparatus for the amount of $798,008.00 from Fire Service Inc. as well as equipment the engine will need to put the unit in service for $65,000, and $20,000 garage setup fee, bringing the total package price of $883,008.00
PURPOSE:
To purchase one (1) 2024 E-One Cyclone Custom Pumper Apparatus, from Fire
Service Inc. This purchase would be the new Engine 13, for station 13 which is projected to open in 2024.
BACKGROUND:
Aurora Fire Department has $7,100,000 budgeted over the next three years for the design and construction of station 13. In-order for Engine 13 to be up and running when station 13 opens in 2024, it needs to be ordered this year. In addition, purchase date to delivery date for some of the equipment that will go on the engine is running close to a year, so that equipment also needs to be ordered now, in order to ensure it is here when the engine is put in service.
DISCUSSION:
Fire Service Inc. is the area dealer for the Aurora Fire Departments vehicles. The City of Aurora last purchased an engine from Fire Service Inc. in January of 2019. The vehicle pricing is secured through the Houston-Area Council Cooperative Purchasing Program (H-GAC), allowing the Aurora Fire Department to purchase the engine at a group rate.
The station location study that was done in 2022 showed the need for a new fire station on the North side of I-88. The City of Aurora has property on the corner of Nan and Bilter. This property is slated to house Station 13 for the Aurora Fire Department. Station 13 will house an Engine, Ladder Truck and Ambulance.
The Aurora Fire Department station/vehicle project shows Station 13 opening in 2024.
The exact date is not known, but it could be sooner than the chart shows.
With the timetable that Fire Service Inc. h...
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