October 15, 2012 - City of Laredo

0922-33-109 (1.0 miles south of SH 359 to SH 359) by authorizing an
incremental payment plan of $125,000.00 for eight (8) years and a final
payment in the ninth year of $113,583.39 which said sums represents the
City’s contribution to the cost of right-of-way acquisition for Cuatro Vientos
road. Funding is available in the 2012 C.O. Issue.
24. 2012-R-086 Authorizing the City Manager to accept a grant in the amount
of $25,004.00 from the Texas Department of Transportation for
Enforcement of Commercial Motor Vehicle Selective Traffic Enforcement
Program. The City of Laredo will be required to provide a match in the
amount of $25,650.72 for the program. The cost to fund the enforcement
program will total $50,654.72. The grant period will begin October 1, 2012
and runs through September 30, 2013. This grant is for overtime salaries.
XI (b) MOTIONS
25. Consideration to ratify the City Manager’s approval of an emergency
purchase to Martinez Brothers Construction of Laredo, Texas, in the
amount of $90,330.00. Said amount includes the original contract amount
of $49,990.00 and an additional area at a cost of $40,340.00 for the pouring
of concrete at the Max A. Mandel Municipal Golf Course. Funding is
available in the 2008 CO.
26. Consideration to award a contract to Medapoint in the amount of
$51,007.00 to provide web based subscription and technical support to
EMS services, collection, medical coding, billing and training services for
the term of October 1, 2012 through September 30, 2013. Funding is
available through the Health Department Budget for EMS Billing Services.
27. Consideration to accept a Memorandum of Understanding with the County
of Webb for the City of Laredo Health Department to participate in the
Regional Healthcare Partnership Health Care Transformation and Quality
Improvement 1115 Waiver which will provide additional funding for the
Health Department to provide preventive health care, reduce hospitalization
and indigent care costs.
28. Ratifying City Manager’s acceptance of a grant in the amount of
$269,500.00 from the Railroad Commission of Texas’ Alternative Fuel Fleet
Pilot Program funded by the Department of Energy (DOE) through the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) for converting twenty
five (25) light duty pickup trucks to operate with a compressed natural gas
(CNG) bi-fuel system.
29. Consideration to authorize a contract for converting ten (10) City owned
pickup trucks to operate with a compressed natural gas (CNG) bi-fuel
system to Caldwell Country, Caldwell, Texas, in the total amount of
$107,800.00 utilizing BuyBoard Cooperative Purchasing contract pricing.
Funding for this purchase is available from Railroad Commission of Texas
grant funding to the Environmental Services Department.
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