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Mayor and City Council <br />May 16, 1989 <br />Page Two <br />These are just a few of the highlights of the contract. I have <br />reviewed it paragraph by paragraph with Mr. Danley and Mr. <br />Heichert and I fully approve of the proposal. I strongly <br />with <br />recommend you review the proposal and familiarizeyoursessionself <br />it so that you may ask questions at the MayAgenda <br />benefits to the CThesbenefitspropane <br />areaa n alternate <br />as follows: <br />1. This fuel costs less per gallon than unleaded fuel. <br />2. An increase in performance in both squad cars and pick-up <br />trucks. <br />3. Cleaner burning fuel which results in less maintenance per <br />mile per vehicle and lower emissions. <br />There are many communities in the area that are using propane. I <br />am sure Mr. Danley can give you a list of those cities. Also, <br />there is legislation in other states to push government agencies <br />and large fleets to an alternative fuel and propane has been a <br />highly recommended one. I have a few illustrations that support <br />this proposal and my recommendation for its acceptance. <br />1. Maintenance (tune-ups) on squadcars <br />with <br />propane aredoe <br />at approximately 50,000 miles, adcars <br />ar sburning <br />unleaded fuel require major tune-ups at approximately <br />25,000 miles. We have had exhaust systems that hveand <br />lasted in excess of 100,000 miles on combined squad <br />staff cars. <br />2. With the City's current consumption rate of fuel, it is <br />possiblethat we could saveting in excessthis Of $10,000 in fuel <br />costs perY <br />3. The State of Minnesota Alternate Fuel 'User Permit could <br />per year per <br />conceivably save us as muc <br />vehicle on our two primary squad 80Cars� $Tha00savings is <br />adjusted proportionately to the gross vehicle wei.ght and <br />mileage per year for the rest of the fleet. <br />4. New underground storage tank Legislation could possibly <br />cost us tens of thousands of dollars to either <br />rehabilitatel new adetanks <br />The disadvantages are: <br />1, We would need toeducate City of Mounds View employees on <br />the fueling procedures, <br />