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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL OCTOBER 8, 2014 EDGERTON STREET PARKS DEPT. EQUIPMENT PURCHASE build up in the homeowner's sanitary sewer service but there was no damage to the service. The Public Works Superintendent met with the property owner who has agreed to reimburse the City for televising the service and likely will be hiring this same company to clean it. The Administrator indicated that it was felt that the build-up occurred since there was low flowage through the service for many years. The Administrator pointed out that the problem is in the private service line and not in the City's sewer line. Blesener asked if this service line would be a candidate for lining to prevent build-up from occurring in the future. The Administrator indicated that the build-up was constant through the low section of the sewer service and was not due to an inflow and infiltration (I & I) issue at the joints. The Administrator again noted that this is a problem in the property owner's sanitary sewer service, and the property owner agrees and will be having the service cleaned. The City Administrator reported that the Parks Department currently has one large area mower, a Z -turn mower, and a walk -behind mower. The walk -behind mower is heavy, difficult to transport, and not user friendly. Therefore, City staff is proposing to replace the walk -behind mower with another Z -turn mower. This should enable the Parks staff to mow the City in two days rather than three days using three pieces of equipment. Cost of a Z -turn mower is $9,337.60. The Administrator also reported that the Trac -Vac trailer unit the City uses to pick up leaves has a bad motor. Motor replacement is around $600. The unit is in fair -to -poor condition, and rather than replacing the Trac - Vac, City staff is recommending the addition of a bagging system to each of the Z -turn mowers. One bagging system will have a set of three bags that fill up with yard waste which can then be dumped in the back of a truck, in a dumpster, or on the ground. The other will have a bin that dumps from the bottom with an electric switch. The Administrator indicated that staff feels having each of these bagging systems will provide them flexibility. The bagging unit will cost $2,319.20 and the dumping bin will cost $2,799.20. City staff is also recommending the purchase of a Little Wonder Debris Picker at a cost of $4,250. This piece of equipment attaches to the bumper of a truck and sucks material from the ground and deposits it into a truck dump box. The Administrator noted that the total recommended expenditure is $18,706 and indicated that while this equipment was not budgeted for purchase in 2014, there are funds in the budget to accommodate it. 3