Purchase orders 24000178, 24000202 and 24000266 for $83,397.54, $86,425.52, and $93,727.94 were issued to Frazier Oil Company for Substation Fuel Oil for the Power & Light Department.

Staff is providing notification to the City Council of these purchases.

On July 20th, July 24th and July 29th, 2023 deliveries of fuel oil were dispatched to Substations I & J. This expenditure was done to replace fuel that is burned to support generation requests to the power pool. This is a routine expense but the total for these expenditures was higher than normal due to rising prices for fuel oil related to various economic factors.

Frazier Oil is the company the City contracts with for fuel.

Frazier Oil has a Kansas City, MO cooperative contract for fuel that the City of Independence has been a part of since 2004. Competitive bidding is not required where supplies, materials, equipment, contractual labor, insurance, and services are purchased through bids established by a government purchasing entity or cooperative. The cooperative bids used will have been established pursuant to RSMo.70.220, or generally accepted governmental purchasing practices through the competitive bidding process. Purchases by this method shall be exempt from Section 8.06.003 of the Code and shall not require formal Council approval but will be reported in accordance with Section 8.06.003.

The fiscal impact to the City is $263,551. Funding is included in the fiscal year 2023-24 adopted budget, page 235, account number (6145-5309), Purchased Power, Operating Supplies account number.