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MEMO TO: Mounds View City <br />FROM: Bruce K. Anderson <br />Parks, Recreation <br />DATE: May 31, 1984 <br />RE: Van Purchase <br />Staff has been reviewing the feasibility of purchasing one addi- <br />tional vehicle to serve our summer JPTA employees. The Federal <br />Surplus Properties Division recently acquired two vans which seat <br />twelve people. They would be ideal for not only transporting <br />equipment, but also "bodies" during the twelve week summer JPTA <br />program. The City currently has no vehicle to move our part-time <br />summer employees on a regular basis; so what we do is drop <br />individuals off at a work site in the morning and pick them up at <br />noon and then we take them back to the site after lunch The ob- <br />vious problems that this causes are lack of tools or equipment, <br />poor supervision and on occasion, employees waiting for rides <br />of ter their project is completed. <br />The cost of the van from the Federal Surplus is $450.00 and one <br />in particular is in relatively good condition. The body is in <br />fair condition and mechanically it appears to be relatively tight <br />as observed by City Mechanic Schmidlin. Staff would like to pro- <br />pose that authorization be given to purchase a van from the Fed- <br />eral Surplus program for $450.00 plus an additional $100.00 for <br />general repair and modification such as equipment boxes, andminor <br />mechanical repair. The monies need to be budgeted from the <br />City's contingency account as there are no dollars allocated for <br />the purchase of a van. <br />Staff feels that in addition to utilizingthe van for our summer <br />JPTA program,( which benefits the City by over $18,000.00 in <br />labor), the vehicle could be used on a year round basis with our <br />recreation programs. <br />Staff will be on hand at Monday evening's meeting to review this <br />proposal and discuss the specifics of how the van could best <br />serve the City. <br />RECOMMENDATION: To authorize staff to purchase a used van from <br />Federal Surplus Properties in the amount of $450.00 plus an addi- <br />tional $100.00 for equipment repair with monies to be budgeted <br />from the City contingency account. <br />BKA/sl l <br />