Staff recommends that Council approve the purchase of nine vehicles from Billings Peterbilt, Inc. in the amount of $3,439,116.

 

There are nine vehicles budgeted in FY26 for Solid Waste; 4 side load trucks, 4 rear load trucks, and 1 rolloff truck.  Staff requested Sourcewell quotes from both Billings Peterbilt and Floyd's Truck Center.  Both quotes included trade-ins, but staff determined that the City could get more for the trucks through an auction instead of accepting the trade-in offers.  One of the side load trucks is an addition to the fleet to accommodate the additional yard waste route.  The other trucks are replacements for vehicles that are old and starting to have maintenance issues. 

City Council may:

• Approve; or,
• Not approve. If not approved, maintenance costs will increase as well as downtime for vehicles resulting in delayed garbage collection. 

The following Sourcewell quotes were received for the vehicles:

	Billings Peterbilt, Inc				Floyd's Truck Center
Truck	Quantity	Per unit	Warranty per truck	Total	Quantity	Per unit	Warranty per truck	Total
Side load	4	$421,140	$4,640	$1,703,120	4	$432,619	$0	$1,730,476
Rear load - 20 yd	2	$354,632	$4,640	$718,544
Read load - 25 yd	2	$364,716	$4,640	$738,712	4	$402,652	$0	$1,610,608
Rolloff	1	$274,100	$4,640	$278,740	1	$291,903	$0	$291,903
				$3,439,116				$3,632,987

The FY26 budget included $3,670,000 for these nine trucks.  There is sufficient budget to purchase these trucks.