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CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT
DATE: JUNE 6, 2007 CONSENT AGENDA
SUBJECT: APPROVE PURCHASE OF 15 BEDS AND LOCKERS FOR FIRE
STATION #441.
FROM: David H. Ready, City Manager
BY: Fire Chief
SUMMARY
The staffing level at the downtown Fire Station has increased from four to five
firefighters per shift. This increase in staffing requires additional sleeping facilities to
accommodate all of the firefighters. Complicating this task is the limited space available
to add the needed beds and lockers. The proposed solution involves the replacement
of the worn out beds and bulky wooden lockers with a new modular bed and locker
system. This new system will provide a bed and locker for each firefighter (15 total) and
create a modern aesthetically pleasing environment.
RECOMMENDATION:
1. Adopt Minute Order No. , approving the purchase of a 15 unit bed and locker
system from Wall Bed Systems, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $34,048.32
2. Authorize the City Manager to execute all necessary documents.
STAFF ANALYSIS:
With the award of the Safer Grant, firefighter staffing at Fire Station #441 has been
increased. This increase requires additional beds and lockers to accommodate the
additional staff. The existing furniture in the sleeping area consists of twin sized beds
and hand built lockers that have been added over the years. This furniture is large and
bulky, and takes up valuable floor space thus limiting the ability to find a workable
solution. Various methods for adding the necessary beds and lockers were considered
ITEM NO.
before the determination was made that the best way to accomplish this task is to
reduce the size and type of the furniture. The new furniture being proposed includes
smaller space efficient lockers and pull-down "Murphy" style beds. Utilizing this style of
furniture will allow for the addition of the needed lockers and beds without overcrowding
the available space thus, maintaining safe ingress and egress for the firefighters.
A Request for Quotation process resulted in quotations received from Wall Beds
Systems Inc. ($34,048.32) and Sico America Inc. ($50,140.87). Murphy Beds, Inc.
declined to submit a quotation. Staff is recommending award to Wall Beds of
Wapakonet, Ohio in an amount not to exceed $34,048.32.
FISCAL IMPACT: IFinance Director Review: U
Funds for this purchase are available in Fire Department account #261-3600-53026,
Fire Improvements, and account#001-3520-43200.
Blake Goetz, Fire Chief David H. Ready, C nager
Attachment: Minute Order
MINUTE ORDER NO.
APPROVING THE PURCHASE OF A 15 UNIT BED AND
LOCKER SYSTEM FROM WALL BED SYSTEMS, INC. IN
AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $34,048.32.
I, James Thompson, City Clerk of the City of Palm Springs, hereby certify that this
Minute Order approving the purchase of a 15 unit bed and locker system from Wall Bed
Systems, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $34,048.32 was adopted by the City Council
of the City of Palm Springs, California, in a meeting thereof held on the Bth day of June,
2007.
James Thompson, City Clerk
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