City of Lawrence

Finance Department

 

DATE:

 

 

 

TO:

David Corliss

 

City Manager

 

 

FROM:

Alan D. Landis

 

Purchasing Specialist

 

The following Utilities Department equipment is obsolete and is no longer useful to the City. 

 

SCBA EQUIPMENT

No longer needed at the Clinton Plant due to the removal of the chlorine cylinder feed system.

 

VACUUM LEAF BLOWER               

Purchased in 1984 and is no longer used.

 

TRASH PUMPS

The seal is out of one pump and the remaining two have not run for years. The pumps were replaced this year.

 

UTILITY CART

This cart was used for moving bottles of gas and we are no longer using the gas they were purchased for.

 

FALL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT

Was taken out of service when replaced due to age and wear

 

PALLET JACKS

Will not lift heavy loads, one has been replaced.

 

GAS DETECTORS

The gas detectors are not working properly, unreliable and have been replaced.

 

SCRAP, METERS, STAINLESS STEEL, COPPER, AND WIRE

The scrap items are either worn out and have been replaced or obsolete and no longer useful to the City.

 

THE REMAINDER OF SURPLUS EQUIPMENT

The remainder of the equipment is from various locations in the Utilities Department.  It was taken out of service during renovations and replaced with smaller and much more efficient equipment.  These items are no longer useful to the City.

 

 

 Equipment 

Quantity

Make

Condition

SCBA equipment

6

No longer needed

Good

Vacuum leaf bagger

1

Peco

Good

Trash Pumps

3

Wacker & Trurumi

Fair & poor

Utility cart

1

Harper

Good

Fall protection equipment

5 pcs.

SALA & North

Fair & good

Pallet jacks

2

Lift Rite & Turnkey

Poor

Gas Detectors

2

MSA Orion

Poor & fair

Water metes

2 pallets &

4 drums

Various

Poor

Miscellaneous scrap stainless steel

 

 

Good

Scrap copper

1 pile

 

Poor

Misc rolls of wire

2 piles

Scrap wire not needed

Poor

Partial rolls of electric wire

12

Unknown

Fair

Server rack

1

APC

Fair

Portable operator

1

Black & Decker

Poor

Aluminum hatch

1

Bilco

Good

Rapid mixer & box

1

Philadelphia

Poor

Stainless steel tanks & mixers

2

Unknown

Fair

 

Recommendation Action: 

Approve sale of Utilities Department surplus equipment on Gov Deals.

 

CC:

Cynthia Boecker

Frank Reeb

Dave Wagner

 

Diane Stoddard

Diane Trybom

Dave King

 

Jonathan Douglass

Mike Ellis

Tim Will