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id • ...^\NG REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION rr'H 1 0 2003 DATE: FeBfiiar>^T(i^58fi!P ITEM NO.: 11 Department Approval: Name Gregory A. Gappa Title Director of Public Services Administrator Reviewed: Agenda Section: Public Services Director’s Report 7A Item Description: Request for Furchuse^f a Bobcat Skid Steer Loader The 2003 General Fund Capital Equipment Budget included $50,000 for the replacement of the 1989 Bobcat Skid Steer Loader, which has 2,200 operational hours on it, with a new Bobcat that has a bucket, grapple fork and a snow blower with a truck chute attachment. The existing loader is too small to add attachments and is not large enough to be very effective. It is in poor mechanical condition and needs work on the hydraulic system. The attachments will allow use of the Bobeat for additional tasks such as loading of brush from tree trimming activities and more efficient snow removal. Additional attachments, which would be used infrequently, are also readily available for rental from several area equipment rental companies. The snow blower attachment with a truck chute will allow for snow removal from the Navarre area sidewalks and parking lot in a more efficient manner. Currently the snow- is loaded into trucks with the loader, which is time consuming and presents safety concerns from backing up the loader, 'fhe backup warning beeper on the loader is also a nuisance at night, and we routinely receive complaints from neighborhood residents when removing snow at night. Nighttime snow removal is necessary because of the amount of traffic and parked cars during the da>-. This new Bobcat and snow blower could also be used for the more efficient clearing of the additional public sidewalks and trails that will be constructed in the Highway 12 area higher density developments. We already receive numerous requests for winter maintenance of trails in the City, and with increased development these requests will most likely continue to increase. '1 he state bid price for this Bobcat and attachments is $37,800 and it will be purchased from Lano Equipment in Chaska. Because of the age and poor condition of the existing Bobcat, the trade in value is minimal. Our plan is to retain the existing unit for small jobs and use in public work's shop a. *a until there is a major mechanical breakdown at which time the unit will be scrapped. COUNCIL ACTION REQUESTED Approve purchase of a Bobcat Skid Steer Loader with attachments from Lano Equipment, Chaska Minnesota for $37,800 to be funded from the 2003 Improvement and Equipment Outlay Fund Budget.