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WY OF Agenda Section: 8.B REQUEST FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION Report Number: 94-1369C 111706 Report Date: 11-10-94 STAFF REPORT Council Action: W ❑ Special Order of Business CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE November 14, 1994 ❑ Public Hearings 7 Consent Agenda ❑ Council Business Item Description: Approve the Purchase of Golf Course Equipment Administrator's Review/Recommendation: - No comments to supplement this repo ' u 'dam^'"'' - Comments attached. Explanation/Summary (attach supplement sheets as necessary.) SUMMARY; Golf Course Superintendent Kurt Johnson has received bids and provides these recommendations for purchasing the two large mowers, ranger cart and a 3 reel attachment for previously purchased greens mower. Each of the demo units have been used by both Kurt and Russ on the course within the past 2 months . LARGE ROUGH ROTARY MOWER ( 10'5" ) 1. Cushman (new) $28,644 Diesel (demo) 26,939 2 . Toro (new) 26,999 *Diesel (demo) 24,999 3. Jacobsen (new) 31,540 Diesel (demo) 27,540 Kurt recommends purchasing the *toro Diesel demo for $24,999 . Kurt has been using this machine as a demo and because of this he believes that all the "kinks" have been fixed so that it is a great running machine. Even though it is a demo, it has only hours of use and it has been supervised demo use except for the hours that Kurt and Russ have put on the machine. Mary a r' :- , 'arks, Recreation and Forestry Director i RECOMMENDATION; To approve the purchase of the lowest bids for both the Large Rough Rotary Mower and the 72" Rotary Mower which are Toro bids at $24,999 and 12,372 respectively and the purchase of Toro set of 3 cutting units for the Greenamower at a cost of $3,783 and the Demo Columbia Par Car utility vehicle for $2,501 totaling an expenditure of $43,655 to be funded with the Golf Course Revenue Bonds, 698-4121-703.