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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: David McCabe, Assistant Fire Chief of Support Services
DATE: October 29, 2019
SUBJECT:
A resolution approving the purchase of new garage bay doors, openers, and associated hardware and installation for Fire Station #3 from Overhead Door Company of Rockford for
$38,500.00.
PURPOSE:
To authorize the purchase and installation of new garage doors, openers, and related hardware and installation for Fire Station #3, to replace the older damaged and less reliable doors currently in that fire station.
BACKGROUND:
Fire Station #3 was built in 1972. Three (3) of the bay doors were replaced in 1993 at a cost of $12,999.00, which included new openers for those doors. It is believed the other three doors are still original to the building.
DISCUSSION:
As the city has grown and the fire department has gotten busier, the number of times the overhead doors are opened and closed each has increased. When a battalion chief car was added to station 3's fleet in 2000, a door that was rarely used began seeing numerous openings and closings per day. As the openers and doors have aged, it has become more difficult to operate the doors form the vehicle remotes, causing vehicles to stop on the driveways and push the button numerous times to get the doors to close. This causes a delay in the vehicle responding to calls.
Three (3) of the doors were replaced in 1993, but it is believed the other three (3) are original to the building from when it began operating in 1972. There have been a number of service calls to Station 3 for door repairs over the years, including two large bills in 2004 (for $4,628.51) and 2006 (for $9,100.00). As the building and doors increase in age, it is believed that more large service bills are in the future.
This purchase was formally bid in September with only two bidders responding after five were in attendance at the mandatory site visit.
The 2019 decision package was originally submitted for $28,300.00. This w...
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