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<br /> <br />To: <br /> <br />Via: <br /> <br />From: <br /> <br />Date: <br /> <br />Re: <br /> <br />City of Sunny Isles Beach <br />18070 Collins Avenue <br />Sunny 1sles Beach, Florida 33160 <br /> <br />City Commission <br />Norman S. Edelcup, Mayor <br />Lewis J. Thaler, Vice Mayor <br />Roslyn Brezin, Commissioner <br />Gerry Goodman, Commissioner <br />George "Bud" Scholl, Commissioner <br /> <br />(305) 947-0606 City Hall <br />(305) 947-2150 Building Department <br />(305) 949-3 II 3 Fax <br /> <br />A. John Szerlag, City Manager <br />Hans Ottinot, City Attorney <br />Jane A. Hines, CMC, City Clerk <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />The Honorable Mayor and City Commission <br /> <br />A. John Szerlag, City Manager <br /> <br />Jorge Vera, Assistant City Manager <br />Rick Conner, Director of Public Works <br /> <br />December 18, 2008 <br /> <br />Authorization for the Purchase of a Power Frequency Modulator for City Hall <br />in the amount of $36,697 from Allbrite Electric Service. <br /> <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />It is recommended that the City Commission authorize the purchase of a ElectricFlow brand <br />Power Frequency Modulator, to control power surges currently being experienced in the <br />Government Center from Allbrite Electric Service, the sole source provider, at a cost of $36,697. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br />The City staff has been looking at the purchase of a power frequency modulator for over a year <br />as a method to save money on our FP&L bills. This unit stabilizes the incoming power which <br />reduces consumption. Through this analysis, we have determined that we could pay for the unit <br />in under four years. <br /> <br />A little bit independent of that, we have recently been monitoring the incoming power supply <br />because we believed it was the cause of damage to several expensive pieces of equipment here in <br />City Hall, including computer servers and air conditioning controllers. It turns out, the <br />ElectricFlow frequency modulator unit was originally designed to address this very issue for <br />industrial facilities, the power savings was later discovered as a side benefit which the <br />manufacturer then started marketing independently. We would benefit from both of its <br />properties. Allbrite Electric Service has been identified by the Administration as a "sole source" <br />vendor to provide an ElectricFlow brand Power Frequency Modulator. The purchase of this unit <br />will help protect our capital investments, and save power as well. <br /> <br />ADDITIONAL INFORMATION <br />Funds were budgeted for improvements to City Hall in Account 20-600-5615, and with the <br />reduction of the scope of projects, funds are available for this purchase. <br /> <br />... <br /> <br />To be completed by Department Head f \ I "- To be completed bv City Clerk's Oflice <br />Funding available: APPrc)\\~' / " ) Agenda Item No.: \ OD <br />Finance Departmcnt '.1'''tvlanager 12-\~ ~b~ <br /> Commission Mecting Datc: <br /> <br />Cover Memo Allbrite Frequency Modulator <br />