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CC - CONSENT ITEM: Approval of Purchase Orders with Skyline Safety and Supply for Tamper Proof Pull Box Lids in an Additional Amount Not-to-Exceed $30,000, Resulting in an Aggregate Amount Not-to-Exceed $80,000 in Fiscal Year 2024-2025.
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Meeting Date: April 14, 2025
Contact Person/Dept: Gary Wansley/Public Works Department
Phone Number: (310) 253-6444
Fiscal Impact: Yes [X] No [] General Fund: Yes [X] No []
Attachments: Yes [] No [X]
Public Notification: Email: Meetings and Agendas - City Council (04/10/2025)
Department Approval: Yanni Dimitri, Public Works Director / City Engineer (03/18/2025)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council approve purchase orders with Skyline Safety and Supply ("Skyline") for tamper proof pull box lids in an additional amount not-to-exceed $30,000, resulting in an aggregate amount not-to-exceed $80,000 in Fiscal Year 2024-2025.
BACKGROUND
The City's Public Works Maintenance Operations Division is responsible for maintaining the City's streetlights. Streetlights are spaced approximately 250' to 400' feet apart from one another and are equipped with their own concrete pull boxes that are flush with the sidewalk. The boxes act as junctions to pull copper wire through buried conduit along a series of streetlights that share the same electric circuit. In recent years, the City has experienced a significant increase in wire theft at various locations citywide, including the National Boulevard, Metro Exposition Boulevard bike path, Sunkist Park neighborhood, Centinela Avenue and Bristol Parkway area, and the Culver/Sepulveda Boulevard area.
Throughout Fiscal Year 2024-2025, the City's crew has responded to 15 streetlighting infrastructure theft incidents and has been successful in quickly repairing the damaged circuits and restoring the streetlights' operation.
DISCUSSION
Thieves lift the concrete lid of the...
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