S-1231 - 04/08/2008 - PERSONAL PROPERTY - Ordinances Supporting Documents•
I'I'EN 6.F.
AGENDA ITEM
Regular Board of Trustees Meeting
of
April 8, 2008
SUBJECT: Surplus Property — Unit #913 - 1984 Pirsch Fire Pumper
FROM: Rania Serences, Purchasing Clerk
BUDGET SOURCE /BUDGET IMPACT: N/A
RECOMMENDED MOTION: I move that the Village Board approve the attached Ordinance
declaring Fire Pumper # 913 surplus, and to authorize its sale to the highest negotiated buyer.
Background/History:
The attached ordinance authorizes the Village to sell Fire Pumper # 913 the Village's oldest Fire
Department pumper, a 1984 Pirsch /Boardman /Marion with ladder, that has reached the end of its service
life.
The pumper was built by three separate companies under contract to Pirsch in 1983/84. Specific problems
with the pumper include:
1. Two of the companies that built it are no longer in business, and as a result this piece of
equipment is difficult and often impossible to get parts for.
2. The ladder portion has a defective electrical collector assembly. Repairs to the ladder would cost
in excess of $10,000 in order certify the ladder so that it could be sold as a usable fire truck.
3. The pumper can only carry 500 gallons of water, which makes it unattractive to rural
communities (they make up the majority of used fire truck buyers).
4. The pumper will be difficult to sell due to age, mechanical problems with the ladder and small
water capacity.
We have contacted B & P Apparatus, Inc., the broker that the Village has used in the past to dispose of
our used fire apparatus. They have appraised the pumper to have a market value of between $8,000 and
$12,000 They indicated that, due to the mechanical problems and the large surplus of used fire apparatus
nationwide, the most likely buyer may be someone looking to use the vehicle's components or perhaps to
export it out of the country.
Recommendation:
Staff recommends that the Village Board adopt the attached ordinance authorizing the sale of the surplus
pumper.
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ORDINANCE 2008 -PP -S -1231
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE SALE BY BROKER
OF CERTAIN ITEMS OF PERSONAL PROPERTY
OWNED BY THE VILLAGE OF OAK BROOK
WHEREAS, in the opinion of a majority of the corporate authorities, it is no longer necessary or
useful or in the best interests of the Village to retain the item of personal property listed below, and
WHEREAS, the Village wishes to dispose of said property by sale,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF
THE VILLAGE OF OAK BROOK, DU PAGE AND COOK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS as follows
Section 1 The foregoing recitals are incorporated herein as findings of the corporate
authorities
Section 2 Pursuant to 65 ILCS 5/11 -76 -4, the President and Board of Trustees find that the
item listed below, now owned by the Village, is surplus property and is no longer necessary or useful to the
Village and the best interests of the Village will be served by its sale
1984 Pirsch Pumper
Section 3 Pursuant to 65 ILCS 5/11 -76 -4, the Village Manager is hereby authorized and
directed to dispose of the above item by sale, if possible
Section 4 This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval and
publication as required by law
APPROVED THIS 8th day of April, 2008
PASSED THIS 8th day of April, 2008
Ayes
Nays
Absent
John W Craig
Village President
ATTEST
Charlotte K Pruss
Village Clerk