TO: Mayor and Commission AGENDA DATE: 9/3/2025
FROM: City Manager AGENDA ITEM: 8 - G
SUBJECT:
Title
Request for approval of Resolution No. 2025-120 for the purchase of replacement firefighting hose.
Body
LOCATION:
Citywide
COST:
$51,172
SOURCE OF FUNDS:
222-525202
ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT:
Fire Department
POTENTIAL MOTION:
Recommendation
“I move to approve Resolution No. 2025-120.”
END
BACKGROUND:
Background
The hose currently in use across multiple fire apparatus is in various stages of aging and wear, with several sections exceeding the 10-year service life recommended by NFPA standards. This replacement is part of an ongoing effort to stay in compliance with NFPA recommendations, which are in place to reduce the risk of catastrophic hose failure. Such failures can result in serious injury to personnel and compromise fire suppression efforts due to loss of water supply.
The City Commission approved Resolution No. 2025-29, the Purchasing Policy in March 2025. The City Manager per the Purchasing Policy was granted authority to approve as it is budgeted for goods and services and is an exempt item from solicitation due to this being a commodities or contractual services competitively bid and awarded by another governmental agencies using the same terms and conditions, and prices and is considered economically advantageous to the City. The City Commission by consensus on June 23, 2025, directed that all items $25,000 or greater be brought back before the City Commission for approval. Funds being used for this purchase are in the current operational budget; we are requesting Commission approval to proceed with the use of those funds in the amount of $51,172.
End