SUBJECT/RECOMMENDATION:
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Authorize a purchase order to American Lighting and Signalization (ALS) for streetlight maintenance and repairs in an amount not to exceed $100,000 for the period of October 1, 2020 through August 2, 2021, pursuant to Clearwater Code of Ordinances Section 2.564(1)(d) Other Government Entities Contracts, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
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SUMMARY:
Engineering is responsible for the maintenance and repair of streetlights within City limits. This purchase order allows ALS to work on lighting that requires specialized equipment where Engineering staff are unable to address, including 425 elevated lights on US 19 and the Memorial Causeway. These lights are owned by the State but maintained by the City through a maintenance agreement. The breakdown of lighting on the State roadways maintained by the City, in addition to the 425 mentioned above, is as follows:
• 665 Street lights on the state highway system are owned by Duke Energy and the city pays Duke for maintenance and energy.
• Total of 1,090 streetlights on the state highway system that the city pays maintenance on and receives annual reimbursement from the state.
• The city was reimbursed $285,819.80 by the state for this maintenance work in FY 2019/20.
• There are 11,299 streetlights in the city on the local road system (including County roads) and 1,090 on the state highway system for a total of 12,389.
• Engineering Traffic Operations staff repair and maintain the 11,299 lights on non-state roadways within City limits.
This purchase order is a piggyback on Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Contract Number E2Z74-R0, effective August 3, 2020 through August 2, 2021.
APPROPRIATION CODE AND AMOUNT:
ENRD180007-CONS-CNSTRC $100,000
Funds are available in capital improvement project ENRD180007, Traffic Safety Infrastructure, to fund this purchase order.