The Public Works Department uses waterborne traffic paint on City streets for painting road centerlines, cross walks and curbs.  The Street/Traffic Division will use approximately 6,000 gallons of paint for the season.  The Public Works Department advertised for bids in the Billings Times and on the City website for two weeks.  Bids were opened for the waterborne traffic paint on March 13, 2012.

The Council may:

• Approve the purchase of the waterborne traffic paint; or
• Do not approve the purchase, which will result in the road centerlines, cross walks and curbs not being painted.

The Street/Traffic Division operation and maintenance accounts will fund the paint purchase.  Bids were received on March 13, 2012 and are based on a price per gallon cost.  Two suppliers responded to the request for bids and the bidding results are as follows:

Vendor	Year	Price/Gallon Totes	Price/Gallon 5 gallon Buckets
Ennis Paint	1	$9.797 Wht    $9.756 Yel	$10.801 Wht   $10.760  Yel
	2	$11.267 Wht  $11.219 Yel	$12.421 Wht   $12.374  Yel
	3	$12.957 Wht  $12.902 Yel	$14.284 Wht   $14.230  Yel
Sherwin Williams	1	$11.02 Wht or Yel	$11.27  Wht or Yel
	2	$12.02  Wht or Yel	$12.27  Wht or Yel
	3	$13.02 Wht or Yel	$13.27  Wht or Yel

Staff recommends that Council approve the purchase of waterborne traffic paint by the gallon tote for the prices listed in the above table from Ennis Paint for the 2012 season with the option of purchasing paint for up to an additional two years if the City and the supplier mutually agree.