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~~ ~`) <br />'^ ( **ITEM <br />( `~ <br />ity of ~ MEMORANDUM <br />River TO: Mayor & City Council <br />lk • <br />FROM: Pat Klaers, City inistrator <br />DATE: July 31, 1995 <br />SUBJECT: Equipment Purchases <br />City staff is in the process of preparing the 1996 budget proposal for <br />consideration by the City Council. During a meeting with Phil Hals, Lori <br />Johnson, and myself, it became apparent that a number of smaller <br />equipment purchases should take place now and these items should be <br />financed with the street and park equipment reserves. The following <br />purchases are recommended to the City Council: <br />• Power gate opener -approx. $2,150 -desired for safety and ease of <br />opening and closing the public works building yard gate. <br />• • Tracks for the skid loader -approx. $2,150 -makes the skid loader <br />usable on soft ground and slopes (the city currently rents tracks for <br />$400 per week). <br />• Gas card system upgrade -approx. $3,750 -provides better and <br />faster accounting of fuel use and allow for data back up (the City <br />lost its data when the system was struck by lightning last month. <br />This made billings to the County and School District for their fuel <br />usage difficult.) <br />The power gate opener and gas card system are proposed to come from the <br />street equipment reserve. The skid loader expense will come from the parks <br />equipment reserve. The street equipment reserve fund has a balance in <br />excess of $150,000 and the parks equipment reserve fund has a balance in <br />excess of $50,000. <br />Recommendation <br />It is recommended that the City Council authorize the purchase of the above <br />three items with funding coming from the identified equipment reserves. <br />council:egptpurch <br />• <br />8.2.** <br />13065 Orono Parkway • P.O. Box 490 • Elk River, MN 55330 • (612) 441-7420 • Fax: (612) 441-7425 <br />