Garden Grove’s City Council unanimously approved a series of procurement items Dec. 9, awarding multiple vendor contracts and a vehicle purchase order.

Staff recommended a three-year, $300,000-per-year agreement with 1 Corp Striping Services for on-call street striping and sign installation; council clarified the figure is a not-to-exceed annual maximum and approved the award. Council also approved two professional services agreements for civil engineering plan checking and construction inspection—Engineering Resources of Southern California Inc. and DMC Engineering—each at up to $350,000 per year with options to extend.

To reduce delays in outfitting police vehicles, staff proposed using three vendors on a rotating basis; the contracts presented carry annual amounts of roughly $400,000, $450,000 and $200,000 respectively. Staff said those agreements will be funded through the fleet management fund and will reduce a backlog of approximately 15 vehicles awaiting upfitting.

The council also approved a purchase order for three trucks and three vans from Oleas Ford Inc. through the Sourcewell cooperative bid program at a total cost of $434,122.41, funded in the adopted vehicle-replacement budget.

Councilmembers asked staff to review whether returning some work to full-time city staff would be cost effective over time, particularly for plan check services; staff said consultants smooth demand fluctuations and would review staffing as conditions change.

All procurement motions on the consent calendar carried by recorded vote (7-0).