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Agenda Section: 9_c omus REQUEST FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION Report Number: 93-513C Report Date: Council Action: 5-20-93 fr STAFF REPORT El Special Order of Business CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE May 24, 1993 CI Public Hearings ❑ Consent Agenda Kil Council Business Item Description: Request for Lease-Purchase Arrangement for Double Axel Trailer Administrator's Review/R.ecommendation: - No comments to supplement this report 1"'-' - Comments attached. ( ,�'J Explanation/Summary (attach supplement sheets as necessary.) SUMMARY; The Parks Department is in need of a trailer to haul the Skid Loader to projects when it has on the tracks. For an example, we need to get back to Greenfield Park ditch, where the culvert installation needs to be completed. Other equipment is being buried and the skid loader with tracks is the appropriate piece of equipment to be used. However, the skid loader cannot be driven on the roads with the tracks because they will be worn. And, it takes approximately 3 hours for two guys to put on the tracks, and 3 more hours to put on the tracks. We cannot leave the skid loader on site overnight. This puts us in a bind. The trailer is needed for the transportation of the skid loader when using the tracks. Secondly, the trailer would be used during such times when a mower breaks down in the field. Currently, a trailer must be rented in order to get it to the shop. This is a costly amount because it can happen occasionally depending upon our luck with the mowers. Finally, the trailer would be beneficial for other uses such as if the need comes for transporting mowers to locations rather than driving them from park to park. I The double axle trailer costs $4,032.09 including tax. Dave Zetterwahl from Carlson Tractor has made arrangements to offer a lease purchase agreement for the trailer. With this agreement, $1,200 would be paid in 1993 and the remainder $2,832 would be paid in 1994. The $1,200 is available with a trade of the vac attachment that was purchased with the Howard Price mower. This attachment has not been used. The remainder of the $2,832 would be requested in the 1994 Capital budget program. We really need to get a trailer in order to finish the Greenfield project. Rather than hire out the work, we could complete it within a few days with the use of the skid loader (with tracks) if only we can get it there! Therefore, I make this request in the hope for expediency of a current project, and the efficiency of park activities now and in the future. U i�11„,-.f1 t 4 Mal, aarion, Director Parks, Rection and Forestry Department RECOMMENDATION; Approval of the lease purchase arrangement for a double axle trailer, including $1,200 paid in 1993 with monies received from the Howard Price vac, and the remainder $2,832 paid with monies from the 1994 Parks Capital budget program.