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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-07-12 Finance Committee Minutes FINANCE COMMITTEE MINUTES July 12, 2021 Councilors in Attendance: Hawes, Fournier, Sprague, Tremble, Okafor Staff in Attendance: Laurie, Conlow, Theriault, Caruso, O’Donnell 1. Bids/Purchasing a. Aircraft Pushback Tractor – Airport – JT AeroTech Corporation - $336,369 Motion made and seconded to recommend purchase to the City Council, motion passed unanimously. b. Narrow Body Aircraft Cabin Heater – Airport – TLD America - $56,114 Motion made and seconded to recommend bid award to TLD America, motion passed unanimously. c. Stream Monitoring 2021-2023 Bid Protest Staff reviewed the results of the actions undertaken as part of the bid protest. The review included the type of solicitation, the City’s procurement policy, the process to date as well as the steps taken specifically as it related to this submission. Those steps included; a detailed review of the RFP specifications and two responses, individual meetings with the two respondents, discussions with staff involved in the process. The resulting recommendation is that no City policy were violated, that staff actions up to the initial recommendation were appropriate, identified some improvements the City could make in its process and affirmed the initial staff recommendation that the bid should be awarded to FB Environmental. Representatives from the two respondents provide additional thoughts and councilors discussed their impressions. Motion made Councilor Fournier to approve staff recommendation, motion was seconded, motion failed 2 – 3 (opposed Tremble, Fournier, Hawes). Motion made and seconded to award the contract to Haley Ward, motion passed unanimously. 2. Executive Session – 36 MRSA Section 841(2) – Hardship Abatement Application Motion made and seconded to enter Executive Session, motion passed unanimously. 3. Open Session – Hardship Abatement Application Decision Motion made and seconded to approve the hardship abatement application, motion passed unanimously. Meeting adjourned 5:06 pm