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Lake Elmo Agenda Section: MAINTENANCE/PARK/FIREBUILDING NO. City Council 7A(1) May 2"d, 2006 Agenda Item: Vacuum Excavator Back around Information for May 2" , 2006 The Public Works is requesting to purchase of a vacuum excavator. This unit would be used for: • Implementing our plan to clean out storm drains and catch basins. • Opening plugged and frozen culverts. • Vacuuming and cleaning out gate valve and curb stop boxes • Repairing and straightening bent or damaged curb stops • Exposing buried utilities during Public Works installations, construction or repairs. • Vacuuming out mud and water during water main repairs. • Lift station cleaning • Emergency pumping. This equipment would greatly facilitate work and tasks currently being performed, in addition to work that is years behind in maintenance. Primarily the catch basin and culvert work. Over the years the City has required assistance from Oakdale and N. St. Paul on an emergency basis to access gate valves and lift station service. Six times emergency calls last year alone. We also had to use fire equipment on an emergency basis several times for plugged culverts and drains. The public works did rent an identical unit last year that was used to clean the gate valves required to re-route our water from well 2 to the Oakdale service area. The remainder of the rental period was used to clean plugged catch basins. Catch basins alone, we would expect to take several years to clean city wide. The new water mains, developments and future growth of the City, further support the need and timing of this purchase. The Maintenance Advisory Commission reviewed and supported the purchase. The water and storm water enterprise CIP funds were designated for this 2006 purchase. Three quotes were solicited. Ditch Witch of Minnesota was low quote at $37,669.05. (incl. tax) Action items: Person resuonsible: To purchase the vacuum excavator from Ditch Witch of MN for M. Bouthilet $37,669.05 Attachments MAC minutes, specifications and photo. Time Allocated: