The Auburn City Council approved a number of allowing new contracts between the city and three new companies at the Tuesday night meeting.
Although The McPherson Companies, Inc. have worked with Auburn in the past in fuel sales to the city, they also served as the fuel accounting company for the city. According to City Manager Charles Duggan, this new agreement will still
allow for the purchase of The McPherson Companies Inc. fuel, but will shift the accounting responsibilities.
"We were using McPherson to account for the gasoline we were purchasing and through their system we were assessing those charges to each department," Duggan said. "Now, we are going to get a new system where we can divvy that out ourselves."
According to Duggan, prior to the new agreement Auburn paid McPherson strictly for units of gasoline used. Now the city will pay them upfront for an amount of fuel rather than by units.
"So, before they were delivering the gasoline to our tanks and as we were using it and paying them," Duggan said. "Now they will just deliver it, put it in the tank and we will pay for it and take care of the accounting ourselves."
In another agreement involving The McPherson Companies, Inc., the Auburn city council authorized the purchase of $40,189.56 of fuel.
The second agreement the council reached was an agreement with Kann Manufacturing Corporation, a manufacturer of refuse, garbage, recycling and agricultural truck bodies. Kann will utilize $29,154 of grant funds to purchase three compartmentalized containers for trough loader recycling collection trucks.
City Council also approved a sales tax holiday from Friday, August 1 to Sunday, August 3, which will allow for certain items to be exempt from city sales tax. According to Duggan, the Sales Tax Holiday aims toward lowering prices for those participating in back to school shopping.
In other council news:
The Council approved a contract with Timmons Group, Inc. Software consulting services for $44,595.
The Council approved alcoholic beverage license for Pho Lee, a new Vietnamese restaurant at 756 East Glenn Avenue.
The Council appointed Tracie West to the Board of Education
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