10/23/1978 Board of Public Works Minutes

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290 REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 23, 1978 Chief Terry said the RCA that Mr. Zubler has seen in operation at the Airport has frequency rejection problems and picks up other frequencies. This could cause a problem for the Department. Mr. McMahon asked Mr. Zubler if he had.tes.ted the RCA radio bid. Mr. Zubler said he had not but he checked a similar radio used by the airport and is familiar with the equipment bid. Mr. McMahon asked if there were any time constraints involved in this bid award and it was indicated there were not. A representative from RCA was present and said he was not aware of the problem but would review it with the company's technical staff and if there was a problem, would try to resolve it. Mr. McMahon asked if this frequency rejection problem was the only reason for recommending the GE bid. Mr. Zubler said the Department is also considering compatibility of equipment. Officers have cars with antennas, batteries and chargers set up now for GE radios. If other equipment is purchased, they .would have to check to see if the car has the proper equipment for the radio they are carrying. This could present a problem. Mr. Mullen asked if the Department would have to adapt the test equipment if RCA radios are purchased. Mr. Zubler said some new test equipment would have to be purchased. Mr. McMahon said he would like to give RCA the chance to bring in the radio bid for a test.. Upon motion made by Mr. McMahon, seconded by Mr. Brunner and carried, the matter was tabled for two weeks and the RCA representative was asked to have a radio as bid available to the Police Department and Bureau of Communications for testing. POLICE VEHICLE BID ACCEPTED CONDITIONALLY Michael C. Borkowski, Chief of Police, submitted to the Board a report that the bids received for police vehicles had.been reviewed and he was recommending the bid be awarded to the low bidder, Basney Ford, conditioned upon approval of revenue sharing funds by the Common Council. Chief Borkowski noted that Basney has agreed to certain modifications in the bid at no additional cost. Mr. Brunner asked Chief Terry the nature of the modifications. Chief Terry said the cars were bid with police radial tires and they asked for polyester tires. The bidder has agreed to supply the cars with polyester tires. They will provide four non -white vehicles and will provide cloth and vinyl combination seat covers for the front seats. Upon motion made by Mr. McMahon, seconded by Mr. Mullen and carried, the bid of Basney Ford in the amount of $199,965.15 for thirty -five vehicles, was accepted conditioned upon approval by the Common Council of revenue sharing funds for the purchase. It is anticipated that the revenue sharing request will be submitted to the Council in early January. BID ACCEPTED - WERWINSKI STREET IMPROVEMENTS John E. Leszczynski, Manager of the Bureau of Public Construction, submitted a tabulation of bids received for the Werwinski Street Improvement Project, CD 78 -3. He recommended that the Board accept the low bid of the Ziolkowski Construction Company of $11,777.00. subject to availability of funds. Upon motion made by Mr. McMahon, seconded by Mr. Brunner and carried, the recommendation was approved and the bid accepted. FILING OF ASSESSMENT ROLL - VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 3463 Patrick M. McMahon, Civil City Engineer, files with the Board an Assessment Roll with respect to Vacation Resolution No. 3463 for the vacation of the east -west alley north of Prairie Avenue and west of Magnolia Street. The Assessment Roll lists $0.00 net damages and $0.00 net benefits to the affected property owners of Lot Numbers 19, 20, 21 and 22, Swygart's 3rd Addition. Upon motion made by Mr. McMahon, seconded by Mr. Brunner and carried, the Assessment Roll was filed and set for public hearing on November 20, 1978.