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MEMO TO: DEPARTMENT HEADS FROM: MIKE ULRICH, PUBLIC WORKS FOREMAN DATE: APRIL 26, 1988 SUBJECT: PROPOSALS FOR EQUIPMENT PURCHASES IN THE 1989-90 BUDGET In order to determine equipment purchases for these upcoming budgets, the City of Mounds View must decide to answer four key questions. The first one being the question of snowplowing. Should we decide to take on the snowplowing, are we goin to do it in one total year, or assume a complete takeover in two yens? The second question deals with the summer maintenance of our parks and softball diamonds. In taking over the snowplowing we will need more equipment which may also be utilized by doing more of our own hauling, helping with the patching and working in the compost pile, to name a few. These two pieces of equipment would be a four wheel loader with a plow and wing for winter maintenance and a 6 yard dump truck equipped with plow, wing and sander. My estimations based on the three times that we plowed our section of the City is that we can efficiently and effectively plow the streets of Mounds View with three pieces of equipment. The costs of these two pieces of equipment combined would be approximately $160,000-- $100,000 for the four wheel loader and approximately $60,000 for the dump truck. A 15' mower, which I have personally operated three of, would cost the City approximately $37,000, Some additional funds such as $2,000 to $4,000 would a?.so be needed to purchase a cab and blower for this machine. This price may be reduced, however, if we were fortunate enough to purchase a demo machine which would be one calendar year older :han the current year. In respect to mowing the ballfields and parks -- currently, we have two six foot mowers that operate on an average from four to five days to mow all of our parks. This means that during the heavy growing season it takes to Public Works staff people all week just to mow the parks. What I am proposing is that we purchase a 15' mower, possibly sell one of our six foot mowers and keep the other one to do the trimming around the trees and in the tight areas. Under ideal conditions, this 15' mower can mow approximately 11 acres per hour. This mower would also be equipped with a snowblower so that this piece of equipment, could be utilized year around. our next question relates to the winter maintenance of our City maintained sidewalks and ice rinks. Currently, we convert one of our summer mowers to a broom equipped tractor that sweeps our rinks and our sidewalks. This broom, however, will only clean a 41" swath, therefore, taking