5.4. SR 10-08-2007 - Laserfiche WebLink

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ver MEMORANDUM TO: Lori Johnson, City Administrator FROM: Terry Maurer, Public Works Director DATE: September 18, 2007 SUBJECT: Street Department Request for New Loader In response to the questions raised by the City Council regarding information concerning the Street Department's current loader fleet, Phil Hals, Street Superintendent, has prepared the attached information. I believe this information answers all of the questions that were asked. In addition to the information Phil has prepared, we have considered the options of only having two loaders in the Street Department's fleet. A third loader could be leased over the winter months; however, that cost would be $6,000 per month with a minimum of a foux- month lease. Obviously, at this rate, in six years we would pay the equivalent of the cost of a new loader, but only have two years worth of use. We have also looked at operating with only two loaders total in the fleet. This, however, would leave a large gap in the snowplowing coverage at the most critical time. Either one less loader would be on the street cleaning cul-de-sacs, intersections and parking lots, or would need to be called to the shop when plow trucks needed to be loaded with asand/salt mixture. As background, I have asked Phil to gather some historical data on the miles of street number of cul-de-sacs and parking lots maintained in snowfalls. The following table shows the growth in the system: 1986 75 miles of streets 59 cul-de-sacs 1994 87 miles of streets 82 cul-de-sacs 14 axkin lots 2004 140 miles of streets 185 cul-de-sacs 17 arkin lots As you can see from the growth of the system, the need fox loaders to clean parking lots, cul-de-sacs and major intersections has increased dramatically as development has occurred over the last 10 - 15 years.