HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - CyRide Bus Purchase RESOLUTION NO. 10-561
RESOLUTION APPROVING CYRIDE BUS PURCHASE
FOR THE CITY OF AMES,IOWA
WHEREAS, over the last year,CyRide has received$5,103,660 in two national grants and
one state of Iowa bus funding allocation to purchase vehicles; and,
WHEREAS, the buses will be purchased over the next two years with the purchase of six
buses in the current fiscal year and the remaining seven in the 2011/12 budget; and,
WHEREAS, these buses will be purchased through an existing bid/award with Gillig
Corporation as a result of a Request for Proposal (RFP) completed by the Akron, Ohio, transit
system, and CyRide was named in this RFP and can purchase vehicles under this bid per Federal
Transit Administration regulations; and,
WHEREAS, CyRide currently has a local Capital Closing Balance of$1,177,643 and has
sufficient funding to purchase these vehicles,as well as meet its other capital needs as documented
in the City's Capital Improvement Plan; and,
WHEREAS, the Ames Transit Agency Board of Trustees approved the purchase of these
vehicles at its December 7, 2010, meeting.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa,
that the contract with Gillig Corporation for the purchase of six 40-foot buses in an amount not to
exceed $2,344,000 is hereby approved.
ADOPTED THIS 14tt' day of December, 2010.
Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ann H. Campbell, Mayor
Introduced by: Davis
Seconded by: Goodman
Voting aye: Davis, Goodman, Larson, Orazem
Voting nay: None Absent: Mahayni, Wacha
Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 14t1i day of December, 2010.