Story Created:
Aug 19, 2010 at 12:14 PM PST
Story Updated:
Aug 19, 2010 at 12:14 PM PST
HUNTINGTON PARK — A split City Council has accepted cost reductions from four contractors in exchange for granting them two-year contract extensions.
A fifth contractor, Consolidated Disposal, agreed to increase its franchise fee to the city by 10 percent, a total increase to the city of about $32,000 a year for each of the two years of extended service.
Public Works Director Pat Fu said the vendor concessions amount to a saving of about $199,500 a year.
Councilwomen Elba Guerrero and Ofelia Hernandez and Councilman Andy Molina supported the actions. Mayor John Noguez and Vice Mayor Mario Gomez dissented.
Noguez said that while he appreciated the offer of reduced charges, he thought the city might get an even lower cost by going out for bid.
Fu said he was comfortable that the reduced rates the city will be charged are a good deal.
The vendors, who will receive two-year extensions to their various contracts in return for fee cuts are:
• Mag Sweeping, which provides street-sweeping services. The current contract will end in June 2016. A five percent reduction in charges to the city will being a savings of $42,264 a year for two years.
• TruGreen Landcare, Inc., which provides landscaping services. The contract will end in November 2011. A 10 percent reduction lowers charges to the city by $42,130 a year for two years.
• Graffiti Protective Coatings, which contracts for citywide graffiti removal. That contract now ends in May 2014. A contract to remove graffiti from bus stops and bus stop cleaning contracts ends in December 2016. A six percent reduction for total reduced fees will bring $38,229 to the city.
• Public Engineering Services’ contract ends in February 2014. A 10 percent reduction in engineering fees will bring $44,883 a year.
• Consolidated Disposal, whose trash hauling contract ends June, 2014, will give the city 10 percent more in franchise fees for an additional $31,956 a year.
In other action Aug. 2, the council:
• Named Noguez and Molina to an ad hoc committee to seek ways to generate more revenue to the city.
• Approved the purchase of a 2010 Chevrolet Suburban for the Police Department at a cost of up to $50,000, to replace a 1997 Suburban used for narcotics enforcement. The money will come from police asset forfeiture funds, which is revenue from confiscated items and cash taken in connection with arrests, Police Chief Jorge Cisneros said.
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