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many treadmills, in gyms there's multiple brands that are used across the country that work just as well. <br />It's hard for us to justify one brand. <br />Mr. Chadwick — We are working on having a repair person for our department and perhaps this position <br />can eventually repair the treadmills. When doing repairs, I have an action packer filled with the common <br />parts in them for just one model. If we have multiple brands, the in-house repair person would need to <br />figure out what model is at what station and figure out what parts he would need to bring with him, <br />Ms. Nakagawa — Are you looking at purchasing other types of equipment for this fitness program? <br />Mr. Chadwick — No, everything else that we purchased are still functioning perfectly fine. <br />Ms. Sako — The treadmills appear deteriorate the fastest. <br />Mr. Chadwick — Yes. The frames are very rusty, and I have changed a variety of parts on every single <br />treadmill. I would continue to change parts but unfortunately they no longer make the parts. <br />Ms. Kekai — If they truly are the only ones that have on -island tech support then if you put it out to bid, <br />they should be the only ones to qualify technically. <br />Ms. Sako — I understand. Twenty-two is a lot. Whether we do it all one time or over several years. We do <br />not want to be too specific when we standardize because the model of anything changes from time to <br />time, no matter what the version is. Is the Star Trac 8 the most current one? <br />Mr. Hara — I believe they have a 10. <br />Ms. Sako — Ok, it's the model they're on, we're not looking at the version. <br />Ms. Yeckley — It makes sense you want consistency across all your stations for repairability. If you're <br />able to buy more than two at one time for the cost savings you might be able to generate that would be <br />sense as well. If there's personnel moving from station to station, they'll know how to use the equipment, <br />it's not a new learning curve, and the health component of it is important. Your case is strong for why it's <br />needed, but wondering what is it about this one; to standardize this? <br />Mr. Chadwick - How do we achieve standardizing this model? <br />Mr. Sewake — Do you have funds for this year to purchase a couple? <br />Mr. Chadwick — We're too late for this fiscal year. Need to do for next fiscal. <br />Mr. Sewake — Maybe you should go ahead and order two and see from there. <br />Ms. Sako — Once you get whatever you order, if it's good, whether it's this brand or not, come back to our <br />committee because you will want all of them to be the same for consistency. Giving the health rationale, <br />logging down standardized instructions for your personnel, and being able to share parts with Police, etc. <br />Also, being that you need twenty-two, we want to make sure you can get all of them and get a good deal <br />on them. <br />Mr. Chadwick — How does procurement rules work, as mentioned with the Penns, they have this buying <br />power, are we able to leverage that opportunity? <br />Ms. Kekai — If they want to be a distributor; they would have to be a vendor and be compliant to bid. <br />