Bozeman Cover Page

REPORT TO:

City Commission

FROM:

Sam Bearzi, Fleet Manager

Jon Kercher, Water Reclamation Facility Superintendent

Shawn Kohtz, Director of Utilities

SUBJECT:

Authorize City Manager to Sign Purchase Agreement with Torgerson's Equipment for one Live Bottom Trailer

MEETING DATE:

October 6, 2026

AGENDA ITEM TYPE:

Agreement - Vendor/Contract

RECOMMENDATION:

Approve City Manager to Sign Purchase Agreement with Torgerson's Equipment for one Live Bottom Trailer

STRATEGIC PLAN:

7.3 Best Practices, Creativity & Foresight: Utilize best practices, innovative approaches, and constantly anticipate new directions and changes relevant to the governance of the City. Be also adaptable and flexible with an outward focus on the customer and an external understanding of the issues as others may see them.

BACKGROUND:

The Water Reclamation Facility (WRF) provides necessary services for treatment of sanitary sewer wastewater for the City of Bozeman. A biproduct of this process are biosolids that need to be hauled to the county landfill twice daily when they are extracted from the WRF. This purchase replaces a 2001 Freightliner Roll-Off truck (asset #2789) with over 415,000 miles and 25,000 hours of run time which provides the critical service of hauling biosolids from the WRF. This replacement was selected utilizing a Sourcewell cooperative purchasing contract to comply with State and City procurement requirements. Exhibit A is the quote for the trailer. Exhibit B is the Trail King Sourcewell contract.

UNRESOLVED ISSUES:

None

ALTERNATIVES:

As suggested by the Commission

FISCAL EFFECTS:

This project was approved in the FY26-30 Capital Improvement Plan and FY27-28 Biennium Budget, under project WW170. The total project cost will be $173,240.

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