Memorandum
Date: 07/20/2021
To: The Honorable Bruno Sabatier, Chair, Lake County Board of Supervisors
From: Scott Harter, Special Districts Administrator
Jesus Salmeron, Deputy Administrator - Fiscal
Subject: (a) Adopt Resolution revising the Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Adopted Budget of the County of Lake by cancelling reserves in Fund 254 Lake County Sanitation District Southeast Capital Improvement Reserve Designation, in the amount of $82,000 to make appropriations in the Budget Unit 8354, Object Code 783.62-74 to purchase a mobile generator to provide backup power to Lift Stations #1, 2, 3, and 4.
(b) Waive the formal bidding process, pursuant to Lake County Code Section 2-38.2, Not in the Public Interest. (c) Approve purchase of a used, low hours (2,000 hours) Multiquip 300kVa portable generator and authorize the Special Districts Administrator/Assistant Purchasing Agent to issue and sign a purchase order not to exceed $82,000 to Generator World of Sacramento, CA.
Executive Summary: Lift Stations #1, 2, 3 and 4 have stationary generators to provide backup power, however, we do not have a mobile generator large enough in our fleet to power those stations in the event we suffer a failure of one of the stationary generators. With the PG&E PSPS approaching or in the event one of the permanent generators fails, this proposed mobile generator is needed to ensure uninterrupted operation and greatly reduce the likelihood of sewer spills into Clear Lake.
Staff located a low hour 300 kVa, 3-phase, 480 volt generator from a vendor in Sacramento with a listed price of $69,965. Seven additional quotes were then solicited for a comparable generator from other vendors. Prices ranged from approximately $87,000 for a similar used generator to between $128,000 and $208,000 for a comparable new generator. Staff then travelled to Sacramento to inspect the generator and observe its operation under load. The generator performed satisfactorily and staff is satisfied it ...
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