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Aurora, Illinois

File #: 23-0500    Version: 2 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 6/23/2023 In control: City Council
On agenda: 8/22/2023 Final action: 8/22/2023
Title: A Resolution authorizing the purchase of one 2026 E-ONE Cyclone 95' Rearmount Platform Aerial with $30,000 garage set up fee, for a total of $1,731,568.00.
Attachments: 1. Truck Pic1, 2. Truck Pic2, 3. Truck Pic 3, 4. Truck Pic 4, 5. Aurora FD Truck 6 Specifications, 6. T6 Aurora FD Driver Side, 7. T6 Aurora FD Officer Side, 8. Aurora FD Truck 6 Proposal 06222023, 9. Aurora FD 2023 Truck 6 Contract
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TO: Mayor Mayor Richard C. Irvin

FROM: Matt Anslow, Assistant Chief of Services - Aurora Fire Department

DATE: June 23, 2023

SUBJECT:
Resolution authorizing the purchase of one (1) 2026 E-ONE Cyclone 95' Rear mount Platform Aerial for the amount of $1,701,568.00 from Fire Service Inc. as well as a $30,000 garage setup fee, bringing the total package price of $1,731,568.

PURPOSE:
To purchase one (1) E-ONE Cyclone 95' Rearmount Platform Aerial. This purchase will be the new Truck 6 at Fire Station 8. Ordering now will avoid any future pricing increase. Payment will not be due until delivery in 2026.


BACKGROUND:
The Aurora Fire Department routinely replaces vehicles that are nearing or exceeded their service life for front line vehicles moving them to reserve status then replacing the older outdated reserves. This replacement has been recommended by Equipment Services. The current Truck 6 is a 2012 with 44,699 miles. The reserve arial platform that the Fire Department is using is a 1998 with 40,431 miles. In order keep the replacement on the correct sequence an order needs to be placed now to ensure that delivery of this vehicle will be in 2026.

DISCUSSION:
Fire Service Inc. is the area dealer for the Aurora Fire Departments vehicles. The City of Aurora last purchased a truck from Fire Service Inc. in June of 2020. The vehicle pricing is secured through the Houston-Area Council Cooperative Purchasing Program (H-GAC), allowing the Aurora Fire Department to purchase the truck at a group rate at a 7.3% discount.

Build times for fire service equipment have been getting longer due to a back log of orders delayed by the pandemic and supply chain issues. E-ONE's current projections are 33-34 months from the time of ordering to delivery.

Funds to pay for this truck will be provided for in future City budgets. The exact method of financing the purchase will be determined based on the most advantageous method when the appropriate year's budget is prepare...

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