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CITY COUNCIL MEETING
OCTOBER 19, 1988
PURCHASE OF
DIAL - A - RIDE h1IN1
VANS APPROVED The City Council approved the purchase of two 1988 Dodge
mini vans and two radios, and authorized staff to submit a
cc -20 revised claim for Transportation Development Act funds in
cc -47 the amount of $32,000 to pay for this equipment.
The City Council was apprised by Assistant City Manager
Glenn that when the City submitted the 1988-89 claim for
Transportation Development Act funds 527,000 was included
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or additional equipment. It was thought that the City
could purchase a small bus with wheelchair capability for
these funds. A further analysis was done, it was
concluded that more pieces of equipment were needed rather
than one large one. A bus carries more people than a mini
van, however, to utilize it to its maximum, large numbers
of people need to be picked up in the same area at the same
time and be transported to the same area at the same tine.
The characteristics of Dial -A -Ride do not conform to that
criteria. The City of Lodi has larger numbers of people
but their point of origin, time of service, and destination
varies. Therefore, the best approach is to have a larger
number of smaller vehicles. Mini vans can carry up to
seven people rather than the four to five in the station
wagons.
Wlm it was determined Staff would recommend this course of
action to the City Council, there was a misinterpretation
of that decision and the vehicles were ordered without
going to formal bid. The price from Hayward Dodge is
$14,300 including tax.
in discussing this with the City Attorney and Purchasing
Officer, Staff has two alternatives to the situation:
cancel the order and go to bid, or Council can find it is
in the best interest of the City to go ahead with the
purchase.
If the order
can be cancelled
and go to bid City
will pay
more for the
vehicles than the
order price and it
will take
another five
or six months to
obtain delivery.
Telephone
bids were made to the following
Dodge agencies and
received
the following
prices and delivery quotations:
:1eLi ivery
Swi ft Dodge $15,000 6 months
Stockton Dodge $14,300 12-14 weeks
Wei 1 Motors $14,800 12-14 weeks
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