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Mounds View City Council March 28, 2011 Regular Meeting Page 10 from Ferguson Waterworks. 1 2 Public Works Director DeBar explained the Public Works Department had a need for a utility 3 line locator. State law mandates that any digging completed on public or private property had to 4 contact Gopher State One. Each year the City had over 900 utility line location requests. 5 6 Public Works Director DeBar indicated the City’s current piece of equipment was a 21+ year 7 used demo that was recently tested and found to be no longer reliable. The Metrotech utility line 8 locator would greatly assist the City with locating City lines for residents throughout the 9 community. Staff received quotes for the new piece of equipment and the low bid was submitted 10 by Ferguson Waterworks, which was a local company. He noted this purchase was not a 11 budgeted for 2011 and recommended the $3,730 be taken from the Water Enterprise Fund. 12 13 Council Member Mueller questioned if there were enough funds within the Water Enterprise 14 Fund to accommodate this purchase. Public Works Director DeBar stated the fund balance would 15 support this purchase. He indicated a plate compactor budgeted for purchase in 2011 could be 16 deferred, if necessary. 17 18 Mayor Flaherty commented this equipment was mandated by State law and if the current piece 19 was unreliable, the City needed to replace the utility line locator. 20 21 MOTION/SECOND: Flaherty/Mueller. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 7765, 22 Approving the Purchase of a Metrotech Utility Line Locator from Ferguson Waterworks. 23 24 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 25 26 K. Resolution 7766, Approving the Purchase of a Set of Wheel Loader Tires 27 from GCR Tire Center. 28 29 Public Works Director DeBar stated the City owns a K621B wheel loader that was purchased in 30 2003. This piece of equipment assists the Public Works Department with snow removal, street 31 sweeping, stock pile removals, as well as utility and street repairs. The tires on the unit are 32 original and are beginning to show wear. Chains have been used on the tires in the past, but with 33 the new street improvements being completed, City Staff did not want to damage the new 34 roadways. Staff recommends the Council approve the purchase of a set of wheel loader tires 35 from GCR Tire Center in Lakeville, for an amount not to exceed $9,636.60 plus tax. 36 37 Public Works Director DeBar stated the item was being brought forward at this time as the tire 38 price was set to increase before summer. The old tires would be used over the summer months 39 and the new tires would be mounted later in the year. He explained this again was not a budgeted 40 item for 2011, but there would be a surplus of $10,000 in the budget from funds not used in the 41 new vehicle purchase. 42 43 Council Member Mueller asked if there was any value left in the old set of tires. Public Works 44 Director DeBar was uncertain of the value. He indicated the old tires would be taken away and 45