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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 17, 2005 <br />Action Agen a <br />Item No. (' <br />SUBJECT: Bid Award -CNG Fueling Station <br />DEPARTMENT: Environment and Resource <br />Conservation, Purchasing, <br />Public Works, Engineer <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Tabulation <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />David Stancil, 245-2590 <br />Pam Jones, 245-2650 <br />Donna Dean, 245-2150 <br />Wilbert McAdoo, 245-2625 <br />Paul Thames, 245-2304 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider awarding a bid for a Fuelmaker Fast-Fill CNG Fueling Station from <br />Oil Equipment Sales & Service Company of Chesapeake, VA at the County's planned site at <br />Public Works. <br />BACKGROUND: At the January 24, 2005 BOCC meeting, the Board was informed of a <br />$25,000 grant from the Triangle Clean Cities Coalition (under the auspices of the Triangle .! <br />Council of Governments) far funding assistance in the construction of a compressed natural <br />gas (CNG) station in conjunction with the Orange County Schools.. The Board authorized <br />staff to identify funding for the additional $50,000 anticipated to acquire and install the <br />equipment. Staff also felt that an additional grant from Clean Cities Coalition would fund the <br />estimated cost of $29,000 for a card reader system. The card reader system would facilitate <br />allocating costs to County departments and other jurisdictions. The fueling station will also <br />accommodate credit card processing for private vehicles that may fuel at this site in the <br />future as well. <br />Staff conducted research of available systems in the marketplace and developed <br />specifications for an installation that would: <br />Allow for the fueling of the County fleet of five vehicles (on order) <br />Be easily expandable as the County's fleet grows <br />Include a card reader system for cost allocation <br />