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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2003-10-22OCTOBER 22, 2003 The Lansing Town Board met in Special Session at the Lansing Town Hall Board Room at 12:15 p.m. with Supervisor Farkas presiding. The Supervisor called the meeting to order and had the clerk take the Roll Call. Stephen Farkas Katrina Greenly Doug McEver Meg Overstrom Francis Shattuck Bonny Boles Guy Krogh Visitors: None IORIZE H AY SUPE PURPOSE EXCAVATOR: ROLL CALL Supervisor Present Councilperson Absent Councilperson Present Councilperson Absent Councilperson Present Town Clerk Present Town Attorney Present CENDENT TO PURCHASE MULTI- RESOLUTION At a Special Meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Lansing held in and for the Town of Lansing at the Lansing Town Hall on 22nd day of October, 2003, the following members being present: Stephen Farkas, Supervisor; Francis Shattuck, Councilperson; Douglas McEver, Councilperson; and the following members being absent: Katrina Greenly, Councilperson and Meg Overstrom, Councilperson; and the following Resolution was duly made by motion of Francis Shattuck and seconded by Douglas McEver, and the vote was as follows: Stephen Farkas — aye, Francis Shattuck — aye, Douglas McEver — aye; and the following Resolution therefore passed: WHEREAS, the Town Highway Department indicated a scheduled need for a new multi- purpose excavator, and the existing excavator has exceeded its scheduled useful life, and low interest rates mitigated in favor of consideration of the acquisition of the excavator this fiscal year, and there is a demonstrated need for the excavator; and WHEREAS, the Town of Lansing, by and through the Highway Department, developed recommended specifications for a multi - purpose excavator, which specifications were let to public bid by Resolution dated September 3, 2003, with a bid opening date scheduled for October 15, 2003; and WHEREAS, the bids were opened as noticed at a public meeting on October 15, 2003) and the lowest bidder was L. B. Smith, with a bid in the amount of $234,000.00; and WHEREAS, the Town Board is desirous of using a Bond Anticipation Note, 2003 No. in the amount of $234,000.00 to pay for the actual and estimated expenses related to the purchase from L. B. Smith of the multi- purpose excavator; and WHEREAS, the Highway Supervisor has examined the bid proposal and compared it with the Town's specifications, and has approved the bidder's proposal as substantially compliant with the material specifications issued by the Town; and WHEREAS, the Town Board has approved the issuance of a Bond Anticipation Note to acquire the multi - purpose excavator; and WHEREAS, after a review of the foregoing and due deliberation and consideration thereof, the Town Board of the Town of Lansing has hereby RESOLVED, that the Town of Lansing Town Board hereby accepts the bid submitted by L. B. Smith to supply the multi - purpose excavator for $234,000.00; and it is further LA K01 Continued, October 22, 2003 RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Lansing, Tompkins County, New York hereby authorizes the Highway Supervisor or Town Supervisor to execute and deliver such documents as are necessary to enter into a contract, upon terms as are deemed in the best interests of the Town, and in an amount not in excess of $234,000.00, with the successful bidder, L. B. Smith, to acquire the specified multi - purpose excavator. On motion, meeting adjourned at the call of the Supervisor at 12:18 p.m. A