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. " Agenda Section: 9.C ti REQUEST FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION Report Number. 93-' ..IGC Report Date: 12-22. 93 STAFF REPORT Council Action: 0 Special Order of Business • CITY COUNCIL.MEETING DATE December 27, r993' ❑ Public Hearings ❑ Consent Agenda E Council Business Item Description: Consideration of Purchase of a Snow B:,wer_A_ttachmenr for the Skid Loader for Blowing Sidewalks Administrator's Review/Recommendation: C f. - No comments to supplement this report - Comments attached. Explanation/Summary (attach supplement shee "s as necessary.) SUMMARY; The Parks, Recreation & Forestry Department and the Public Works Department wish to cooperatively purchase a piece of equipment that serves both departments in snow removal for sidewalks and easements throughout the city as well as rink maintenance. In previous years a blower was attached to the Howard Price, which is a summer-time heavy duty mower used in the parks. This machine is big and tractor-like and is not a maneuverable piece of machinery for use in sidewalk or rink snow removal. In addition, the old snow blower which was put on the Howard Price continually required fitting and took a long time to put in on and take it off. The snow blower use of the Howard Price is hard on the Howard Price, which itself is old and tired. This is the machine that needed so many repairs this past summer. Replacement for this mower is scheduled for 1995. We need to get one more year of service from the Howard Price mower, and hope that it can make it through the summer. The skid loader on the other hand is a machine specifically built to be maneuverable and quick. Attachments can be fitted with a simple connect and disconnect. The skid loader is smaller than the Howard Price tractor mower and is easy and efficient for use with a snow blower attachment. Our request is for the purchase of a new snow blower attachment for the skid loader, to be used for both sidewalk and rink snow removal. This new attachment for the skid loader is a benefit because it offers efficiency and maneuverability. The attachment is something that the skid loader is made for, unlike the oddness of the snow blower used by the tractor mower. Also, diverting use of the tractor mower will hopefully rest it for summer mowing, which is what it is intended. This snow blower attachment is simple and quick and good and has indefinite longevity with good maintenance. The cost is $3,920 of which $1,500 would be received as a trade in with the current snow blower attachment used with the Howard Price. (This is a very good deal since the blower is almost obsolete since it doesn't fit the newer mower models.) Therefore, an additional $2,420 is requested for the purchase of this new snow blower. Contingency funds are suggested as the likely fund for this purchase since neither the streets fund nor the parks fund have budgeted this item for purchase, nor are there sufficient funds in either fund for the purchase. There is approximately $13,000 left in the Contingency Fund. ary Saarion, Director Par s, Recreation and Forestry RECOMMENDATION; To approve the purchase of a snow blower attachment for the skid loader for blowing sidewalks, easements and rinks, using $1500 from the sale of the old blower plus $2420 from the Contingency Fund.