CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Approve the award of Option Year #2 to Contract 23-154, Street Lighting, Controller, Public Building and Municipal Lot Lighting Maintenance, to Meade Electric, Inc. for an amount not to exceed $1,300,000
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DEPARTMENT: Department of Public Works
SUBMITTED BY: Dan Randolph, P.E., Director
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
N/A
BACKGROUND:
On December 19, 2023, the City Council approved the award of Bid 23-154, Street Lighting, Controller, Public Building and Municipal Lot Lighting Maintenance to Meade Electric, Inc. for a term of January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024 with consideration for five additional one-year options.
The first option year was awarded on December 17, 2024.
This contract provides for the following:
1. Routine arterial streetlight maintenance to repair and maintain approximately 2,096 streetlights and 100 lighting controllers along arterial streets.
2. Routine residential streetlight maintenance to repair and maintain approximately 9,775 streetlights and 105 lighting controllers in residential neighborhoods.
3. Routine Central Business District (CBD) streetlight maintenance and repair of approximately 428 streetlights and 16 lighting controllers in the CBD.
4. Routine municipal parking lot and miscellaneous streetlight maintenance and repair of approximately 651 streetlights and seven lighting controllers in municipal parking lots.
5. Non-routine repair work to carry out emergency repairs and for the repair of lighting equipment/cabling not covered by routine street lighting maintenance.
6. Annual new installations of LED lighting and poles as needed.
The contractor is responsible for furnishing all the necessary supervision, labor, and equipment needed to accomplish the work. The City provides all the street lighting system materials.
DISCUSSION:
During the first option year of the contract, Meade performed streetlight and controller maintenance as well as routine maintenance, unplanned repairs, and capital upgrades. Based on the vendor’s performance, DPW recommends extending the contract for the second option year. Meade has requested a 3% increase due to labor increases with a new union contract.
The term of the second option year is January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2026, with three one-year options remaining.
FISCAL IMPACT:
CIP #: SL125; SL137
Streetlight maintenance is expensed to the Operational Service and Infrastructure accounts below. A total of $1,185,750 is budgeted for streetlight maintenance in 2026. Additionally, this award also supports work being done in two capital projects, SL125, Street Lighting System Upgrades; and SL137 Citywide LED Street Lighting Conversion. The 2026 budget includes $150,000 for SL125 and $400,000 for SL137. The requested award of $1,300,000 is within the budgeted amount for this expense.
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Account Number |
Fund Description |
Total Budget Amount |
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31101100-531308 |
General Fund |
$1,455,000 |
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31104100-531308 |
Test Track Fund |
$19,120 |
|
31104300-531308 |
Downtown Maint. Fund |
$261,500 |
|
31251200-531308 |
Commuter Parking Fund |
$332,545 |
|
31252200-551502 |
Capital Projects Fund |
$1,925,000 |