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Item No: 7H <br />Meeting Date: February 13, 2017 <br />Type of Business: CB <br />Administrator Review: ____ <br /> <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Don Peterson, Public Works Supervisor <br />Item Title/Subject: Resolution 8709 Approving the purchase of One (1) <br />Replacement Dump Truck <br />Background: <br />In 2003, the City purchased a Ford Sterling L-8500 Series Dump Truck. This dump <br />truck, unit #424, has been used to perform many routine Public Works duties such as <br />snow removal, ice control, hauling of material and debris, and street maintenance <br />activities such as asphalt paving. <br /> <br />The City has had the practice of replacing dump trucks on a fifteen-year cycle. This 15 <br />year trade-in period allows the fleet to be economically maintained without having major <br />repair bills which are not typically recovered in the trade-in values. <br /> <br />In 2015, Staff recommended an under body plow be installed on unit #445 in order to <br />help reduce the amount of salt being applied to the roads. Also in 2015, Staff <br />recommended the time frame to replace unit #424, be moved up for replacement so that <br />all three (3) dump trucks would be equipped with under body plows. <br /> <br />Discussion: <br />Public Works Staff is recommending replacing this unit with a similar dump truck. Public <br />Works Staff has researched and demo’d trucks available on the State contract along <br />with researching the plow components also available on the State Contract. <br /> <br />Upon consensus of the Staff that demo’d the trucks, the recommended unit is a 2017 <br />Mack GU532 SBA, single axle unit, with a Cummins ISL-D 345hp diesel engine, Allison <br />3000-RDS 6 speed transmission from Nuss Truck & Equipment which is under the State <br />contract and is in the amount of $88,832.00, not including license and transfer fees. <br /> <br />In addition to the truck itself, additional equipment and options are necessary to fully <br />utilize this truck and they include: a dump body, front plow, wing plow, snowplowing light <br />package, underbody scraper and controls. These items can be purchased and installed <br />by Towmaster Truck Equipment, under the State contract in the amount of $110,367.00. <br />The total for both the truck and plow equipment $199,199.00. <br /> <br />Nuss Truck & Equipment has given the City a quote for a trade-in on unit #424, 2003 L- <br />8500 in the amount of $48,000.00. This trade-in value speaks highly of the condition of <br />the truck and the preventative maintenance that has been performed by the past and