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Mounds View City Council March 22, 2004 <br />Regular Meeting Page 5 <br /> <br />Golf Course Manager Burg indicated that her justification for purchasing the bobcat is that it 1 <br />would be a labor saving device and would save the course in paying people to do the jobs that 2 <br />this machine could do. She then said that the course has two tractors and only needs one that she 3 <br />would like to sell to recoup some of the cost of the purchase of the bobcat. 4 <br /> 5 <br />Council Member Stigney asked why the course has two tractors if one is not needed. 6 <br /> 7 <br />Golf Course Manager Burg indicated the two tractors were before her time and she is not sure 8 <br />why it is needed. She then said that the one tractor was purchased to attach to the machine that 9 <br />breaks up compacted soil. 10 <br /> 11 <br />Council Member Stigney commented that he feels the sprayer is the more needed piece of 12 <br />equipment and he would like to hold off on the bobcat purchase. 13 <br /> 14 <br />Golf Course Manager Burg indicated the bobcat is a labor saving device but they could continue 15 <br />to operate the way they are. She then said that the golf course’s biggest expense is the cost of 16 <br />labor and recommended the purchase as a labor saving measure. 17 <br /> 18 <br />MOTION/SECOND: Gunn/Linke. To Waive the Reading and Approve Resolution 6210, a 19 <br />Resolution Approving the Purchase of a Bobcat Skidsteer for the Golf Course. 20 <br /> 21 <br />Council Member Stigney said he feels that the City needs to look at the type of expenditures out 22 <br />at the course and he feels that going with the essential equipment, the sprayer, is sufficient at this 23 <br />time. He then said he does not support the purchase of the bobcat at this time. 24 <br /> 25 <br />Mayor Linke indicated he supports it because labor is a big cost for the City and this equipment 26 <br />would save the City money in the long run. 27 <br /> 28 <br /> Ayes – 2 Nays – 1(Stigney) Motion failed. 29 <br /> 30 <br /> I. Resolution 6214 Approval for Police Department to Hire Replacement PSO 31 <br /> 32 <br />Mayor Linke asked whether there would be an exit interview. 33 <br /> 34 <br />Deputy Chief Brennan explained that the person leaving is in school to be a police officer and he 35 <br />has the opportunity to increase the hours he commits to that and he has part time job somewhere 36 <br />else as well as a family. 37 <br /> 38 <br />MOTION/SECOND: Gunn/Stigney. To Waive the Reading and Approve Resolution 6214, a 39 <br />Resolution of Approval for Police Department to Hire Replacement PSO. 40 <br /> 41 <br /> Ayes – 3 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 42 <br /> 43