Agenda Item
City Council
Item #: 3.8. 9/13/2022 File #: 22-0496
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THRU: Rob Houston, City Manager
FROM: Christopher Cash, Public Works Director
1. SUBJECT
Agreement with Fortel Traffic, Inc. for As-needed Procurement, Installation, and Maintenance of Speed Radar Feedback Signs and Related Electrical Devices.
2. SUMMARY
Speed radar feedback signs are effective speed management and traffic calming tools. Signs manufactured by Fortel Traffic, Inc. have been previously approved for single source procurement.
This agreement will enable the City to continue responding to traffic calming needs.
3. RECOMMENDED ACTION
Approve the agreement with Fortel Traffic, Inc. in the amount not-to-exceed $100,000 for As-needed Procurement, Installation, and Maintenance of Speed Radar Feedback Signs and Related Electrical Devices; and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute on behalf of the City.
4. FISCAL IMPACT
The total expenditure for this agreement is $100,000 and will be funded in Minor Traffic Control Devices (16302) through General Fund (500).
5. STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS
Goal 1. Provide for a safe community
b. Provide and maintain infrastructure necessary to ensure the safety of the public
6. DISCUSSION AND BACKGROUND
Speeding on city streets continues to be one of the concerns most commonly expressed by residents and motorists. Of the more flexible tools for addressing such concerns is the speed radar feedback (digital speed display) sign.
In April 2022, along with the purchase of six speed radar feedback signs, the City Council approved Fortel Traffic, Inc. (Fortel) as a single source vendor. Those signs have since been delivered to the City. Subsequently, and in accordance with City purchasing guidelines, a $29,900 purchase order has already been issued to Fortel this fiscal year (FY 2022-23) to cover the cost of (a) installing signs at various locations in the City and (b) performing corrective maintenance on some legacy signs that were in need of repair.
Based on the effectiveness of the signs at encouraging slower speeds and their acceptance by our community and motoring public, staff anticipates the need to purchase, install, and maintain City of Orange Printed on 9/8/2022Page 1 of 2
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Item #: 3.8. 9/13/2022 File #: 22-0496
community and motoring public, staff anticipates the need to purchase, install, and maintain additional units, requiring that City Council approve an agreement with Fortel.
Based on projections, the proposed not-to-exceed amount of $100,000 is expected to cover potential needs through the end of the fiscal year. If additional contract capacity is required, a contract amendment may be executed. No budget appropriation is being requested at this time. The purchase order corresponding to this agreement will be funded incrementally and as needed, through one of the City’s budgeted “maintenance-type” capital improvement projects (Minor Traffic Control Devices.)
7. ATTACHMENTS
· Agreement with Fortel Traffic, Inc.
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