Quail Valley Golf Club will soon be receiving a new fleet of golf carts.
What’s happening?
At a June 1 meeting, Missouri City City Council approved a $1.86 million contract agreement to purchase 135 Yamaha golf carts, 135 YamaTrack GPS monitoring systems and two beverage carts for the Quail Valley Golf Club. The contract also includes monthly GPS monitoring fees.
Quail Valley General Manager Sergio Salazar said this agreement is necessary due to the current fleet of 126 carts being out of warranty, experiencing maintenance costs near $1,000 per month and the current inventory not keeping up with expected play.
“It’s not only a profit maker, if you don’t have them, it’s a profit loser,” Salazar said. “You can’t make money if you can’t service the clients.”
The details
The contract includes 60 monthly payments of $21,040, as well as a lump-sum payment of $487,450 and an additional $1 payment to finalize the purchase and registration, to be paid for by the golf courses’ operations fund, Salazar said.
The 60-month lease term comes out to $4,698 more a month than the current contract, while giving Quail Valley nine additional carts and four total beverage carts. Additionally, the new fleet will generate more revenue and require less maintenance.
Also of note
Additionally, agenda documents show Missouri City has $448,047 in outstanding payments for its current fleet of golf carts. However, as part of the agreement, Yamaha has offered to buy those 126 carts for the same amount, canceling the city’s commitment to future payments.
Salazar said Yamaha will give the city a two-week timeframe to get the golf carts in working order before accepting them.
Stay tuned
Community Impact reached out to the Quail Valley Golf Club to inquire about the timeline for when the golf carts will be purchased, but did not receive the information by press time.
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