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2014-2015 Road Salt and De-Icing Liquid Annual Purchase
History
In March, the Public Works Department received Board approval to renew our agreement with the Illinois Department of Central Management Services (CMS) for our annual purchase of road salt through the State Joint Purchasing Program. Since that time, we have been advised that our contract with last year’s provider has been renewed with a 5% increase in cost. The vendor will again be Cargill Incorporated Salt Division, North Olmsted, Ohio, at a price of $53.84 per ton. Based on the past five years, the village on average used 4,640 tons of road salt throughout the winter season. Due to last year’s extraordinary winter, the village used 6,702 tons of road salt to maintain Village roads. This year, we are required to purchase a minimum of 4,400 tons and a maximum of 6,600 tons of road salt for the 2014/15 winter season.
In light of last year’s extreme demand and delivery challenges, extraordinary price increases have occurred along with supply shortages. As such, the advance purchase of road salt is highly recommended. Village staff has been in conversation with Cargill, along with other salt suppliers. All have consistently clarified that early delivery is strongly encouraged due to smaller than normal existing stockpiles and limited transportation capacity from mines. As an additional proactive measure, staff has prepared an auxiliary stockpile plan to temporarily increase our on-site storage capacity by 2,000 tons.
Storage capacity within our salt barn is 3,500 tons. There are currently 2,000 tons in storage, with room for an additional 1,500 tons. Auxiliary storage space for an additional 2,000 tons has been identified within the Public Works grounds (500 tons will be stored inside a former salt storage building; 1,500 tons will be stored outside under tarps).
To improve the effectiveness of the salt, a liquid de-icing agent called Ice Bite, manufactured by Road Solutions, Inc...
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