To: Ellen Ellenburg, Public Works Committee Chairperson
From: Patrick Linihan, Parks and Recreation Director
title
RE: Approval of a purchase order to various vendors for the fiscal year ending 2025, in an amount not to exceed $86,000, to provide for the purchase of vehicle repair parts by Genesee County's Parks & Recreation Commission; the cost of this purchase order will be paid from accounts listed
recommendation
BOARD ACTION REQUESTED:
Genesee County Parks and Recreation staff requests the approval of expenses to the following vendors for the purchase of vehicle repair parts, in an amount not to exceed $86,000.00, for FYE 2025.
Interstate Battery, Mid-Michigan Auto Part, Brown & Sons, RC Fluid, Mid States Bolt & Screw
BACKGROUND:
Parks Motor Pool maintains and repairs Parks vehicles and equipment. Purchases are mainly for smaller repair parts that are repaired in house.
DISCUSSION:
Preventative maintenance and repair is essential to keeping safe and reliable vehicles and equipment in operation.
Purchases made based on availability and cost.
IMPACT ON HUMAN RESOURCES:
None.
IMPACT ON BUDGET:
Budgeted expenses to be paid from accounts:
6665-770.11-931.000 - $80,000.00
5080-770.03-931.000 - $6,000.00
NO USE OF GENERAL FUND.
A budget amendment is included in a separate request.
IMPACT ON FACILITIES:
None.
IMPACT ON TECHNOLOGY:
None.
CONFORMITY TO COUNTY PRIORITIES:
Approval of expenses allows the department to maintain safe vehicles and equipment.
resolution
TO THE HONORABLE CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE GENESEE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
BE IT RESOLVED, by this Board of County Commissioners of Genesee County, Michigan, that the request by the Parks and Recreation Director to authorize an expenditure and Purchase Order to Interstate Battery, Mid-Michigan Auto Parts, Brown & Sons, RC Fluid, and Mid States Bolt & Screw, in a total amount not to exceed $86,000.00, for the purchase of vehicle repair parts as needed over the course of FYE 2025, with $80,000.00 being paid from account 6665-770.11-931.000 and $6,000.00 being paid from account 5080-770.03-931.000, is approved (a copy of the memorandum request being on file with the official records of the December 4, 2024 meeting of the Public Works Committee of this Board).