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Item No: 9C Meeting Date: April 12, 2004 Type of Business: CB Administrator Review: _____ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Mary Burg, Golf Course Manager Item Title/Subject: Resolution No. 6219 Approving the Purchase of Bobcat Skidsteer Background The Bridges Golf Course has the need for a skidsteer. This is an extremely versatile piece of equipment. It is known as an indispensable implement for any labor intensive operation. A skidsteer is an asset and labor saving device in golf operations. This piece of equipment not only saves money by the labor saved, it has the potential to avoid personal injury to staff. Discussion The Mounds View City Council approved the purchase of a Bobcat skid steer loader in the 2004 Golf Course budget. The City has been taking advantage of a state-offered program that allows government agencies to replace the City’s skidsteer loaders on an annual basis. This has been an ongoing program for the last five years in our Public Works Department. This is a cost saving program as there will be little or no future maintenance costs associated with this piece of equipment. If this purchased is approved, it will be purchased under state contract and will retain a full one-year warranty. The state program allows governmental agencies the opportunity to purchase new skid steer loaders at state contract prices. It also offers high trade-in value on previously purchased loaders. The program replaces the loader annually with a new loader, thus the warranty is ongoing. The Bridges Golf Course has the need to for a skid-steer. This is an extremely versatile piece of equipment. It is known as an indispensable implement for any Public Works or maintenance operation. A skidsteer is a as much needed asset and labor saving device in the golf operation. The work that is reduced by the use of this piece of equipment will save time and eliminate some manual labor tasks. In addition to the labor saving costs its use will diminish the risk of personal injury. Specifically, for example, the workers have to handle upwards of seven tons of fertilizer annually. The fork loader will reduce the potential of worker back injury, which in turn is associated directly to the worker compensation premiums. The S185 Turbo Bobcat model Skidsteer Loader is capable of loading trucks and numerous landscaping and grounds keeping tasks. To ensure that the City has an adequate sized loader that will effectively and efficiently load trucks and perform other larger jobs, staff recommends the S185 model. It is slightly smaller than the Public Works Department Models, but would be appropriate for the golf operation.