04-12-1999 CC - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

our own personal vehicles, we would borrow equipment when we did these, etc. Mr. Hammerschmidt stated now we know we need at least a 3/4 ton pickup, it is a priority that we have it in order to do these corrections, which we will do as soon as the weather warms up and we will start right away. At this point, we are without the pickup, and we cannot do the process. Mr. Hammerschmidt stated the options are using our personal vehicles, or to string out the time that we do these corrections so that they do not impact golfers once again, which is what we are trying to limit. Obviously the pickup is going to be used for other items besides that and its meant to be not only used for that, but also as a replacement for a small Ranger that we currently have that was bought used in 1994, had 88,000 miles on it. Mr. Hammerschmidt stated another option would be to buy a used truck. Mr. Hammerschmidt stated in the past the City has decided because of the breaks they get from dealers when buying new, that it pays usually to buy it, keep it for long-term, and replace it when that given cycle is up,which is a ten year period of time. k j Mr. Hammerschmidt stated this is a normal purchase, and he moved it from a nonbudget item and extraordinary budget item to the budget because it is a priority versus mowing equipment. Mr. Hammerschmidt stated the mowing equipment we have is still adequate. Mr. Hammerschmidt stated we needed to repair the soil, which is the priority at this point in time. Mr. Hammerschmidt stated he made it clear three years ago when there was a$250,000 inter- fund loan we were going to put in as a contingency fund item for these types of purchases. Mr. Hammerschmidt stated he told the Council, "no, we don't want that." Mr. Hammerschmidt stated what he wanted to do was when we need something, we will come and ask for it. Mr. Whiting added it was talked about by staff whether or not this actually needed to come to the City Council, but recognizing that the questions came up the last time with prior Council regarding the size of the truck and knowing Council Member's Stigney's interest in this decided to put it on, with expectation that there would be some questioning. Mr. Whiting stated a staff H' report was put together in attempt to answer some of those questions and made his presence here tonight. Mr. Whiting stated the questions about where this fits into the larger picture of the golf course, the Council is not comfortable where we left off on the discussion at the last work session. Mr. Whiting stated there was not enough time to get into that discussion,but perhaps some other questions that come from this could be handled at a work session regarding the finances of the golf course and a few other questions that were given to Mr. Whiting was how does this relate to other trucks that the City has, particularly Public Works, a truck that can be used instead of purchased. The discussion about the use of vehicles for personal driving, which is something that has come up from time to time and maybe warrants a little of discussion. Mr. Whiting himself has not seen anything that concerns me as far as the use of these vehicles on personal time, although when talking to (John) based on where he has lived and the schedule of picking things up, it would just seem to be cost effective to either take a truck home in order to stop by some place to pick up the load on the way to the golf course, or to have it maintained. Mayor Coughlin stated he will oppose the postponement in light of the fact that staff report answered most of the questions. Mr. Stigney asked Mr. Hammerschmidt why the deadline change would be detrimental for hj�Ik X11 li 4 U:\CARIS\COUNCIL\MINUTES\MVCC22.MAR i r I