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• <br /> le <br /> Elk River <br /> ' Municipal Utilities <br /> 13069 Orono Parkway phone: 763.441.2020 <br /> Elk River, MN 55330 Fax 763.441.8099 <br /> December 1. 2005 <br /> ' To: Ilk River Municipal Utilities Commission <br /> Jerry Takle <br /> John Dietz <br /> ' .Jim Tralle <br /> I roni. Bryan Adams <br /> Subject: Budgeted Equipment Purchases <br /> The 2006 budget has two pieces of equipment staff desires to pursue. The first is Val\e <br /> and Vac Exerciser Machine to do maintenance on water gate valves in the street. See the <br /> 1111 attached picture of this piece of equipment. The budget allocates $42.000 for this piece <br /> of equipment. Staff is proposing to purchase a demo unit from National Waterworks for <br /> $39.856 which is a $13,000 savings over purchasing a new machine. The benefit of this <br /> machine is to allow us to start exercise water gate valves in a safe manner and year round <br /> as time allows. <br /> ' The other piece of equipment is to trade in a 17 year old brush chipper and replace with a <br /> new unit. I'he budget allocates $30,000 for this replacement. The existing unit due to its <br /> age is often broken down and requires excessive maintenance. Stall is currently securing <br /> ' trade in price. Staff is asking authorization to spend up to $30.000 to replace this unit. <br />