ADOPTED - NOVEMBER 12, 2002

Agenda Item No. 10

Introduced by the Administrative Services/Personnel and Finance Committees of the:

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ENTERING INTO A CONTRACT WITH AIS CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT CORPORATION FOR THE PURCHASE OF A

LOWBOY TRAILER

RESOLUTION #02-268

WHEREAS, the 2002 capital budget for the Drain Commissioner's Office includes $28,875 for a lowboy trailer to transport heavy equipment to worksites; and

WHEREAS, the Drain Commissioner and his staff have reviewed the three responses to the RFP circulated by county purchasing staff; and

WHEREAS, the proposal from AIS Construction Equipment Corporation has a substantially longer warranty and superior design to the other two, despite its somewhat higher cost; and

WHEREAS, the County Drain Commissioner is recommending that AIS Construction Equipment Corp. be selected as the vendor for this lowboy trailer; and

WHEREAS, the County Controller and County Purchasing Department support the recommendation.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners authorizes entering into an agreement with AIS Construction Equipment Corporation for the purchase of the lowboy trailer.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the amount of the contract is not to exceed $28,875.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board Chairperson and County Clerk are authorized to sign a contract with AIS Construction Equipment Corp. upon the recommendation of the County Controller and approval as to form by the County Attorney.

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES/PERSONNEL: Yeas: Swope, Lynch, De Leon,

Celentino Nays: None Absent: Severino Approved 11/6/02

FINANCE: Grebner, Stid, Swope, Krause, Schafer

Nays: None Absent: Hertel, Minter Approved 11/6/02