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Item No: 9C Meeting Date: November 13, 2017 Type Business: MO=TLS,tIE,Administrator Review: 7; City of Mounds View Staff Report onsommoommomm- To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Don Peterson, Public Works Director Item Title/Subject: Resolution 8857 Approving the Purchase of Sonetics Hearing Protection Background/Discussion: One of the responsibilities the Public Works Department is to repair water main breaks. It is essential for crew members to have clear communication while performing this work; with various pieces of equipment running this communication is severely hampered. While attending trainings the Public Works Staff has discussed and researched what kind of technology is available to assist with alleviating this issue of not having clear communication . Public Works Staff has researched options of headsets with the ability of communication functions built in and found the Sonetic brand of headset with two way communication would suit the needs of helping with communicating on the job site. Public Works has received a quote for (4) APX377 Sonetic headsets with a charging case and communication hub, from Macqueen Equipment of St. Paul for a total of $7,195.00. Funding for the hearing protection is in the 2017 budget and would be allocated from: Parks — account 100-4360-1600 $1,000.00 Street Pavement Management account - 100-4470-1230 $1,000.00 Water —account 700-4823-1600 $2,195.00 Sanitary Sewer — account 730-4823-1600 $1,500.00 Storm Water — account 745-4415-1600 $1,500.00 Total $7,195.00 Recommendation: Public Works staff recommends the purchase of the (4) Sontec headsets model APX377 with charging case and communication hub, from Mac Queen Equipment of St. Paul MN for a total of $7,195.00. Funding for this purchase would be taken from the mentioned various accounts in 2017 budget. Respectfully submitted, Don Peterson, Public Works Director