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515 Little Canada Road, Little Canada, MN 55117 -1600 (612) 484 -2177 / FAX: (612) 484 -4538 MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor & City Council FROM: Dave Harris, Public Works Superintendent DATE: November 18, 1992 RE: Public Works Equipment Purchase MAYOR Raymond G. Hanson COUNCIL Beverly Scalze Bill Biesener Rick Collova Jim LaValle ADMINISTRATOR Joel R. Hanson The City of Little Canada has a tractor which is over 20 years old and is no longer operable. We are now left with only the skidsteer to load our trucks with for sanding operations in the winter. We need a piece of equipment large enough to clean around fire hydrants, remove the snow at the fire hall, and perform general clean -up throughout the City. According to last year's rental rates, we could rent equipment at the cost of $1,150 for a 5 -day, 40 -hour week. Also, each time we rent a piece of equipment, we have to pay a trucking company to move it, which adds approximately $400 -600 depending on the time it takes and the weather conditions. At this time, I am proposing that the City of Little Canada purchase a small end loader which would exceed the use capacity of the tractor. The loader would be used for projects where it is required that we move large amounts of dirt, asphalt, or concrete. It will also be used for picking up and moving trees in different areas of the parks, piling or removing snow in the cul -de -sacs, cleaning around the fire hydrants during winter, and cleaning the fire hall parking lot. The tractor we had needed chains on it so that it had enough traction to pick up and move the snow. These chains would often damage the asphalt when the tires would spin trying to obtain traction. Last year during snow clean -up operations, we timed how long it took on average to clean around a hydrant using the tractor, skidsteer and front end loader. We used ten hydrants and averaged the time. The results were 4 1/2 Page 47