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MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL <br />PAGE TWO <br />APRIL 26, 1988 <br />an extremely long period of time to dothe <br />necessary <br />rinks may be d and the <br />naintanance sothSWeofrbefore compaction occurs- I am <br />b <br />sidewalks may P <br />proposing that we purchase a 7' broom to be mounted on our <br />John Deere utility traat�ractorwhich <br />andrau7'lfootsits <br />broomidle <br />wemost <br />can E <br />the winter. By using <br />efficiently clean our City rinks and sidewalks, some of them <br />when traveling from ice rink to ice rink. This equipment <br />will effectively move four inches of snow continually all <br />the way around our rinks until we get to the edge where we <br />must use the blower to <br />rinks. Currently, w- play owatg�ort of e ow from <br />and mouse" hockey <br />game <br />when cleaning our hockey rinks. our tractor blower starts <br />out in the middle blowing all the snow around in whichthen <br />blower then <br />the broom down follows <br />it around <br />ice, clearing the'snow left by <br />When completed with this operation, we must then load one <br />piece of machinery and trailer it to anotherrink <br />while the <br />other one drives down the road. Should we purchase <br />broorthe ea to ntireorink to theunt on our tboards, move Onractor, this atootheopleasure rink <br />uld then r <br />clearing all that away to the edge of the rink and then <br />ice rink or sidewaly along the way. <br />drive on to the next <br />This vehicle would then move approximately 22 to 25 mph thus <br />eliminating the Waiting time for the additional equipment to <br />arrive to complete the cleaning. <br />Currently, we contract out all of our street repair except <br />for minor patches. The reason this is done is not only <br />because the equipment we have is inarms ofe,roduction.not only inThe <br />terms of reliability, but also <br />ut isioureone too roller and the <br />equipment I am talking <br />sor we own- With the combined purchase <br />current air compres <br />of a new 15' mower which would nalleviate <br />time on msomewhowing at convert <br />manpower shortage we could g <br />that into patching which I believe we can do cheaper than <br />what a contractor will charge us. <br />To do our own street patching in a more complete and <br />competitive manner, we would have to purchase a new roller <br />and air compressor for the combined total of approximately <br />$12,500. <br />The last item not added to the equipment purchaepick-ups <br />is for the <br />replacement of two Public Works ut ton pickgups <br />combined cost of $23,000. Without addressing the <br />