This M&C is intended to appropriate available fund balance in the Capital Projects Service Fund (60102 - Operating Fund), so that the budget appropriation and available funding can be transferred to the Vehicle and Equipment Replacement Fund (30200) within the project:  Vehicle - Capital Project Services project (P00073), for purchase of a one-ton heavy duty flatbed core truck.  The purchase was budgeted originally in FY2017, but was not spent and funding remains available.  The procurement will be executed by the Property Management Department in a separate authorization.

The Construction section of Capital Delivery, in Transportation and Public Works Department, provides pavement coring services for various departments in the City of Fort Worth. This request will provide funding for the purchase of the additional one ton heavy duty flatbed core truck.  The core truck will be used to obtain core samples for in-depth field investigations of pavement structures around the City.  Full-depth pavement cores provide information on the condition and makeup of underlying pavement layers.  Pavement cores are used to determine pavement layer thicknesses and subgrade soil properties.  Representative core samples are necessary to provide the information needed to make pavement reconstruction or treatment decisions. Core samples are also used to determine pavement thickness of newly constructed streets for quality control and quality assurance.  

This M&C does not request approval of a contract with a business entity.