The Conway City Council will begin 2013 taking care of business for several departments, including an update of outdoor warning sirens.
The council has eight separate proposals to waive competitive bidding processes and award sole vending services to several entities. The services include a bucket track for the Information Technology Department, upgrade of multifunction copiers, the purchase, maintenance, and support of the Access Control System, the purchase, replacement and upgrade of outdoor warning sirens, the purchase, replacement and upgrade of mobile vehicle routers, mobile switches and peripherals and the purchase and repair of telephone systems and radio equipment.
In addition, the code enforcement department is bringing several requests for liens to be placed on certain properties throughout Conway. The city has incurred expenses totalling nearly $6,000 to keep up with code enforcement on the eight properties, one of which is 912 Front St.
The building on Front Street, which has been condemned by the city and doomed for demolition, got a reprieve in late 2011, although Robert Paullus, the structural engineer said earlier that year the building was “in imminent danger of collapse.” The lien placed on it this time is in the amount of $2,400. It is an amount for “temporary fencing” that has not been paid for the past 12 months.
In other business, the council will consider entering into an agreement with the Boys & Girls Club of Faulkner County, FCC/DD, and Faulkner County Senior Citizens Program for transportation needs within the City of Conway. The total amount of the agreement is $105,000.
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Which of these expenses are absolutely necessary?
Does the IT department really need to purchase a bucket truck? Can they not borrow one from Conway Corp or rent one?
Do the copiers really need to be upgraded or is this a "nice to have"?
If you say you have budget issues, then act like you have budget issues.
The Street Dept
I bet has a bucket truck that the IT dept could use as needed the city of Little Rock's IT dept doesn't have a bucket truck and they use line of sight wireless connections.
And to add to that...
...what could possibly justify waiving the competitive bidding process?
It is the TAXPAYER'S money - it needs to be spent wisely!
Well.........
Is a bucket track the same thing as a bucket truck?
912 Front St.
Demolish it and send the owner's the bill. This crap has gone on long enough. The owners aren't going to fix it, so for the health and safety of the public, tear it down.
Waiving bids
shouldn't this be something to be done only in a real emergency kind of situation, like, something that needs to be addressed so quickly that opening it up to bids would be substantially detrimental?
Also, is there any way for citizens to demand (other than how we vote every few years) that bids be taken rather than waived, or is it just at the discretion of the council when we should and should not take bids?
"In other business, the
"In other business, the council will consider entering into an agreement with the Boys & Girls Club of Faulkner County, FCC/DD, and Faulkner County Senior Citizens Program for transportation needs within the City of Conway. The total amount of the agreement is $105,000."
What does that mean? What is the agreement for? What are they trying to solve?