CITY OF
COMMISSION MEETING
TUESDAY, APRIL 29,
2008
SPECIAL MEETING -
6:00 P.M.
MINUTES
The North Lauderdale City Commission met on April 29th 2008 at the Municipal Complex. The meeting convened at 6:05 p.m.
1.
ROLL CALL – Clerk called roll. All present.
Mayor
Vice Mayor
Commissioner
Commissioner Rich Moyle
Commissioner David G.
Hilton
City Manager
City Attorney Samuel S.
Goren
2.
RFQ NO. 08-02-299 – Emergency Push and Storm
Debris Collection and Disposal from Right-of-Way – Ten minute presentations by each of the five short-listed
proposers for final ranking. The firms
presenting in alphabetical order:
1.
Arbor Tree & Land d/b/a ATL Disaster
Recovery
2.
Ashbritt, Inc.
3.
Asplundh Environmental Services, Inc.
4.
Bergeron Emergency Services, Inc.
5.
Phillips & Jordan
City Attorney Sam Goren presented the item and reminded the Commission
that they had previously short listed the proposers down to five from the 17
submitted. Mr. Goren said the five firms
were present and had ten minutes each to give their presentations and after the
presentations were complete, the Commission would then choose up to two firms
to negotiate with the City for the upcoming hurricane season or the
following. He also said that they are
presenting in alphabetical order, showing no other preference, and that legally
other vendors may stay in the room while a presentation is made or may leave as
a matter of their own discretion. He
also said these presentations were for qualifications only and did not include any
pricing, which would be proposed during negotiations after two firms were
short-listed.
The first presenter was Arbor Tree & Land d/b/a ATL Disaster
Recovery, represented by Rebecca Valenza, who is in charge of Community and
Public Affairs for ATL. Ms. Valenza passed out a hand-out and gave a
power-point presentation to the Commission.
After the presentation, there were no questions from the Commission.
The second presenter was Ashbritt Environmental, represented by John
Noble, Chief Operations Officer and Dow Knight, Vice President of
Operations. They provided a hand-out and
a power-point presentation. After the
presentation, there were no questions from the Commission.
The third presenter was Asplundh Environmental Services, Inc.,
represented by W. Sid Vogel, Managing Director, who passed out a hand-out and
gave a power-point presentation. After
the presentation, Commissioner Moyle posed a question.
Commissioner Moyle said Mr. Vogel mentioned that they are the largest
utility contractor, and said one of the problems the City had after Hurricane
Wilma was the many telephone poles and electrical light poles down. Commissioner Moyle asked if they contract or
sub-contract with FPL. Mr. Vogel replied
that they do. Commissioner Moyle said we had to wait several weeks for line
poles to be taken off the street, which were lying right across the road, and
he asked if they would be able to remove something like that almost immediately
in that event. Mr. Vogel said if they
are our contractor, he said absolutely, very rapidly. He said they have many contractors here in
the State of
The fourth presenter was Bergeron Emergency Services, represented by
Ronald Bergeron, Jr. He passed out a
hand-out and gave an oral presentation. After Mr. Bergeron’s oral presentation,
the Commission did not pose any questions.
The fifth presenter was Phillips & Jordan Disaster Recovery Group,
represented by Wayne Floyd, Training and FEMA Liaison. A hand-out was provided and a power-point
presentation was given by Mr. Floyd.
There were no questions from the Commission.
Mayor Brady thanked everyone for their presentations.
At this point, City Attorney Goren explained the context of the ranking
to be considered.
Commission each ranked their top two choices, by filling out and signing
a tally sheet. Clerk and City Attorney
tallied the votes.
For the record, City Attorney Goren stated that Ashbritt, Inc. received
five votes for a number one ranking and Bergeron Emergency Services, Inc.
received three votes and was ranked number two, and the others did not receive
sufficient votes to be counted.
Item 10(b), which was on the Regular Commission Meeting scheduled to
follow the Special Meeting, was pulled from that agenda, and made a part of the
Special Meeting Agenda:
MOTION--Debris Collection
Services - A Motion to rank and select the top two firms for the storm debris
collection services and authorize the City Administration and City Attorney’s
Office to negotiate and execute agreements with the top two (2) selected firms,
with the top ranked firm being designated as the primary contractor for the
City for the services.
Commissioner Frankel made a motion to accept the ranking. Commissioner Cangemi seconded the
motion. All in favor.
Commissioner Hilton made a motion to direct the City Administration and
City Attorney’s Office to negotiate with Ashbritt, Inc. and Bergeron Emergency
Services, Inc.
Seconded by Commissioner Frankel.
All yes.
MOTIONS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
3.
PUBLIC DISCUSSION - None
4.
COMMISSION COMMENTS - None
5.
CITY MANAGER COMMENTS - None
6.
CITY ATTORNEY COMMENTS - None
7. ADJOURNMENT – There being no further discussion, the meeting was adjourned at 6:53 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Patricia Vancheri