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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2004-25Suggested by: Administration City of Kenai RESOLUTION NO. 2004-25 A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA AWARDING A $19,800 CONTRACT TO EDWIN L. GOGGIA FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AT VINTAGE POINTE MANOR. WHEREAS, on June 21, 2000 the City of Kenai awarded a contract to Edwin L. Goggia for caretaker services at Vintage Pointe Manor; and, WHEREAS, Mr. Goggia was the only bidder at that time; and, WHEREAS, the services provided by the contractor have been very well received by the tenants because the contractor "goes the extra mile" to provide excellent service; and, WHEREAS, the City administration is happy with the contractor and recommends continuing the contract through FY 2005, effective July 1, 2004; and, WHEREAS, the contractor has requested an $1,800 increase (10%), in the contract amount; and, WHEREAS, the FY 2005 proposed budget includes funds to support a contract award amount of $19,800 annually. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, that a contract for FY 2005 for building caretaker of Vintage Pointe Manor for $19,800 annually be awarded to Edward Goggia. ATTEST: PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, this 19th day of May, 2004. Carol L. Freas, City Clerk Approved by Finance: (4 / 08 / 2004) hl KENA! SENIOR CENTER Helping People Age with Dignity CITY OF KENA! MEMORANDUM TO' FROM: Linda Snow, City Manager Rachael Craig, Senior Center Director DATE' May 6, 2004 REFERENCE: Resolution Increasing Caretaker's Salary In 1992 Vintage Pointe Senior Housing opened its doors. For the first four years, Ed and Margaret Goggia were the first caretakers. Another contractor held the position for the next 4 years. In 2000, Ed and Margaret. Goggia re-bid and won the contract. They have been in this position since that time. Ed and Margaret are well respected by the senior residents in Vintage Pointe. Both are very consciences employees and strive to maintain the facility in the best condition. This is reflected in the following: · Conducts duties related to their contract. Keeping accurate files of check-ins and checkouts and noting what has or has not been done. · Making sure each apartment is kept in "as new" shape. · When people move out, the caretakers stress the importance of leaving it as clean as the apartment was when they moved in. Some residents and families do not like to clean as thoroughly as required. When residents move in, their apartment is clean, fresh and look brand-new. · When people move out, we have found shelves that have come out from the walls because they were not properly placed in the studs of the wall or appropriate "grips" placed. Ed repairs them and makes sure the shelving are secure. · He has replaced and reinstalled many a broken seals in the freezers. Again, we could pay someone to do this but the cost would be much more per hour then if Ed did the work. 361 SENIOR COURT · KENAI, ALASKA 99611 TelePhONe: (907) 283-4156 · Fax: (907) 283-3200 · e-mail: senior@ci.kenai.ak.us He has repaired fronts of cabinets when they have come off. When a hinge breaks on a cabinet, he replaces it with a piano hinge that works much better. He has repaired the exercise equipment instead of having a contractor charging a high per hour rate. He has repaired, re-glued dining chairs in the commons dining room that have saved the City from replacing them. · When the original window mechanism wears out, he installs new ones. When we thought we had a leak repaired in our Solarium, Ed kept at me and said no it is not fixed. Once after a heavy rain, he came and got me and showed me where it had seeped through the drywall... I gave him authorization to cut the dry wall and see how wet it was, we then realized what a big problem we really had. This resulted in resealing the windows in the Solarium and repairing foundation. On many occasions, I have had to contract out to have the cabinet's laminate reglued. On the last occasion a vendor who charged $65.00/hr did this. His time was 22 hours at a total cost of $1,430. Even after all of this time, he picked and chose what to glue. The job was not complete because there is so much laminate to reglue. This is a constant challenge at Vintage Pointe. This is something Ed could do with clamps and super glue (this is what the vendor uses). This is not in his contract. Their office hours are 10'00 until 2'00p.m. However, being a "live-in" property caretaker of senior housing, a person of this position has to be "on-call" 24 hours a day. They accommodate our seniors needs by living on the premises and even though office hours are limited, if the need arises they will assist a senior at any time of day. They care about our seniors. Many senior housing facilities in the area have only part-time, no live-in caretakers and are not required to live on the premises. As the building ages, there will continue to be more and more maintenance that needs to be done to keep the building to the standard that it is today. Our senior- residents take pride in the facility they live in, but our community residents also take pride in knowing the City of Kenai has a senior housing complex as nice and well maintained as ours. We have caretakers that are concerned, caring and willing to maintain our facility. This is a "Service" to our seniors at Vintage Pointe. We have the best senior housing facility in the area, but added to this, are caretakers that have concern not only for the building but also the people who reside there. This is imperative when having a senior housing facility. SeniOrs need to feel safe, secure but also need someone they can count on when needed.