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Lake Elmo <br />Agenda Section: CONSENT <br />NO. <br />City Council <br />4C <br />January 17'', 2006 <br />Agenda Item: Trade-in 321 Case Loader for 580 Case Backhoe <br />Background Information for January 17' ,2006 <br />When the Public Works Superintendent was appointed there was already in place a plan to replace our old <br />backhoe for a small utility loader. Reservations about this course of action were discussed with the City <br />Administrator and Maintenance Advisory Committee. The City Administrator concurred with <br />reservations and a meeting was set with the equipment dealer. The meeting resulted in a one year <br />agreement to rent back our trade in backhoe and the dealer agreeing to purchase back the loader minus <br />5%, if after our year long evaluation the city determined that we should maintain a back hoe in our <br />inventory. <br />The year has passed and the evaluation demonstrates that although the utility loader was useful and could <br />out perform the back hoe in some functions, the backhoe was a more valuable piece of equipment in <br />emergencies; one reason being that time delays in renting are prohibitive. <br />The MAC met on Jan. I Ph and concurred with this evaluation. The Public Works and Mac <br />recommendation is to proceed with trade in of the loader for a new back hoe for $5918.00 plus tax. <br />This is a $7,000 line item in the 2006 CIP and would be purchased under the State Cooperative <br />Purchasing Venture. <br />Action items: <br />Persons responsible: <br />M. Bouthilet <br />Attachments: <br />Time Allocated: <br />