Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. ITB FS-14-017 and award a contract to United Rotary Brush Corporation, of Chicago, Illinois (not an MBE, WBE, SBE or Local), to furnish and deliver street sweeper brooms on an as-needed basis in an annual amount not to exceed $200,000 for a one-year period, with the option to renew for one additional one-year period.  (Citywide)
Okay. Moving on now to the rest of the agenda. We're going to go back to the regular agenda. So we're back to Mr. Clark, I believe, to number 11. Thank you, Vice Mayor. Number 11 was the financial management department. It was the recommendation to award a contract to United Rotary Brush Corporation for an amount not to exceed $200,000. Some moved the motion in a second. Any public comment on the item kept help. Larry Goodhew quirk as the address from may seem in on its face to be a mundane item and it probably is, it needs to keep our streets clean or are self evident, particularly with the various different climate changes we've had. But as I was reading this, after I read read this, I happened to pick up another article by Bill Pearl that struck me. And it moves me to suggest that we might amend this contract or put it on hold, come back and take a look at it to see if this company, which I checked out, it is one of the premier companies in the country that makes high quality brushes hit the streets clean and other brushes. And I'm wondering whether or not we should. In fact, I think we really should explore the possibility of seeing if they can design a brush, that we can clean out sectors of the 14th floor and certain areas behind this dais that seem to have a proclivity for trying to conduct public business on their private e-mail accounts, be it computer or cell phone, Twitter or whatever they're using, which, as Bill Perrow pointed out in his article today, and if you haven't read it, you should read it is really directly repugnant. To the public process. And it really gives the middle finger to the people when those people on the 14th floor and it's clearly not all of them and those people behind the dais are so arrogant that they want to withhold from the public the private e-mails that they are sending back and forth. Whether the cyber footsie or whatever when conducting public business, if you're conducting public business with somebody, particularly when you're talking money, but even not that you should make those available to the general public. To her credit, Jerry ships, he does that to the best of my knowledge. He's the only person that does that. But if you're using in hiding behind emails or hiding behind private emails to conducts city business, that is directly repugnant to public that process. And therefore, I think this counsel should go on record as asking this brush company where at this broom company, if they can design a broom that will help us sweep and eliminate the soiled areas on the 14th floor and behind the rail where this practice has been embedded. Thank you. Thank you. Those was great. Moving on to the next item, please, Mr. Kirk. Actually, we have we have the motion is going to take the vote. Any of the public comment? Please cast your vote. I mean, yes again. Motion carries eight votes. Adam 1212 is a report from financial management with the recommendation to approve a contract with West Coast sand and gravel for an amount not to exceed $500,000.