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# CNG facility to get overhaul
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/consent-from-page-1-cng-facility-to-get-overhaul/
- Published: 2003-10-28T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T03:08:09.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Government & Politics, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*CONSENT, from page 1 CNG facility to get overhaul*

*By Daily Press staff*

(Editor’s note: This is part of an ongoing series that tracks the city’s expenditures which appear on the upcoming Santa Monica City Council consent agenda. Consent agenda items are routinely passed by the city council with little or no discussion from elected officials or the public. However, many of the items have been part of public discussion in the past.) Nearly three quarters of a million dollars is expected to be spent tonight on dump trucks, video cameras and a construction project for City Hall.

The largest price tag in tonight’s spending by the Santa Monica City Council is $328,350 for two new compressed natural gas dump trucks that will haul dirt, hot asphalt and pavement debris.

They will replace two older trucks — a 1983 and a 1990 model — that should’ve been replaced in 1998, according to city staff.

The second largest expense is $242,511 to buy four video cameras and accessories to be used for City Hall’s cable TV mobile truck and its field productions.

Another $145,000 will be spent to upgrade the compressed natural gas facility at the city SM City Hall expected to spend $715,000 tonight yards. In August of 2002, the City Council authorized buying the equipment to upgrade the facility, which includes new compressors, storage tanks and fuel dispensers. The facility upgrade is needed to ensure reliable and cost effective plant operation, according to city staff.

City Hall received two bids in July from construction companies — the first, from Weaver Electric Inc., which estimated it would cost $132,000, plus $13,000 in contingency funds and the second, from Gas Equipment Systems, Inc., for $437,000 — a difference of $305,000.

Because of the large discrepancy, city staff thought Weaver Electric’s estimate was a mistake. But after further inquiry, they found it wasn’t. Judging from the fact that the company was a major subcontractor in the original installation at the facility and its experience with 17 other CNG plant upgrades, city staff has chosen to award the bid to Weaver Electric, Inc.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on October 28, 2003.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/102803.pdf?ref=smdp.com)