HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - No. 2009-129RESOLUTION NO. 2009-129
A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL
APPROVING PURCHASE ORDER FOR PURCHASE AND
INSTALLATION OF DIESEL PARTICULATE MATTER
FILTERS FOR FOUR CITY VEHICLES
WHEREAS, the City of Lodi is required by the State of California Air Resources Board
(CARB) to retrofit existing older diesel vehicles with diesel particulate matter filters to reduce
emissions and particulate matter by use of best available control technology; and
WHEREAS, CARB adopted this non -funded mandate in 2006, which requires that Public
Agencies' and Utilities' on -road diesel -fueled heavy-duty vehicles over 14,000 pounds gross
vehicle weight rating with a 1960 to 2006 model -year medium- or heavy-duty engine must be
retrofitted or removed from service, according to a CARB-imposed schedule of phased
deadlines; and
WHEREAS, the retrofit program is implemented by phases defined by the CARB. The
first phase deadline was December 31, 2007, and four vehicles of the City's fleet were affected.
In the second phase, which has a deadline of December 31, 2009, five vehicles are affected,
and the purchase order will retrofit four vehicles. One vehicle has been retrofitted under a
separate purchase order. Two vehicles in the Electric Utility Department and three vehicles in
the PublicWorks Departmentwill be retrofitted by the phase two deadline; and
WHEREAS, the City received competitive bids from two vendors:
Cummins West, Inc. $15,173.75
Emissions Retrofit Group $16,008.75
WHEREAS, staff recommends issuing a purchase order to the low bidder,
Cummins West, Inc., of San Francisco, California, for the purchase and installation of diesel
particulate matterfilters.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Lodi City Council does hereby approve
the purchase order to Cummins West, Inc., of San Francisco, California, for the purchase and
installation of diesel particulate matter filters for four City vehicles in the amount of $60,695.
Dated: October 7, 2009
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hereby certify that Resolution No. 2009-129 was passed and adopted by the City
Council of the City of Lodi in a regular meeting held October 7, 2009, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS—Johnson, Katzakian, Mounce, and Mayor Hansen
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS— None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS— Hitchcock
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS— None
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City Clerk
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