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Item No: 5I Meeting Date: August 13, 2018 Type of Business: CA Administrator Review: ____ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Don Peterson, Public Works Director Item Title/Subject: Resolution 8998 Approving the Purchase of a GPS Device Introduction: Public Works has been engaged in software/technology upgrades specific to asset management to aid in the inventory, management, and maintenance of the City of Mounds Views capital dollar investment in streets, municipal water utilities, storm and sanitary sewer utilities, parks, trees, as well as other infrastructure. Discussion: The City Council were provided an overview at the July 2, 2018 Work Session of certain technology as it applies to the Public Works department and the consensus was to proceed with obtaining quotes and information. The Council approved the purchase of an additional license for GIS software and the smart phones necessary to operate it at the July 9th City Council meeting, Resolution 8986. The next step of this process is to purchase a high quality GPS device to accurately (within inches) locate latitude/longitude coordinates for crucial infrastructure such as but not limited to, water valves. Staff contacted two vendors to provide proposals: 1) FONDRIEST Environmental $6,995.00 2) TreeBiz LLC f $7,025.00 Recommendation: Staff recommends the Council approve the purchase of (1) Arrow 200 L1/L2 GNSS receiver from FONDRIEST Environmental for a total of $6,995.00. The purchase will be funded from the 2018 Adopted budget from the following accounts: Forestry (100-4380-1200) $1,399.00, Street Sign Maintenance (100-4475-1600) $1,399.00, Water Department (700-4823-1600) $1,399.00, Sanitary Sewer (730-4823- 1600) $1,399.00, Storm Water (745-4415-1600) $1,399.00. Respectfully submitted, ________________________ Don Peterson Public Works Director