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~lk River <br />**Item 5.11.** <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Mayor & City Council <br />FROM: Pat Klaers, City Admin' ator <br />DATE: February 27, 1995 <br />SUBJECT: Consider Purchase of Used Truck for <br />Street Department <br />At the 2/20/95 Council CIP worksession, a motion was approved authorizing <br />the purchase of a used truck for the Street/Park Department. The truck <br />authorized was from Wells Ford Mercury, Inc. This bid was slightly higher <br />than the other bid, but the higher priced truck was justified by the number of <br />additional features on the vehicle. Unfortunately, the City has been advised <br />that this truck is no longer available. Accordingly, Street/Park <br />Superintendent Phil Hals is recommending that the Council authorize the <br />• purchase of the other used vehicle. The bid for this vehicle. was in the <br />amount of $32,543, and was from DK Huhn, Inc., out of Darwin, Minnesota <br />Please see the attached bid results. <br />Recommendation <br />Staff recommends that the Council authorize the purchase of the used truck <br />from DK Huhn, Inc., in the amount of $32,543. <br />• council:sdusdtrk <br />13065 Orono Parkway • P.O. Box 490 • Elk River, MN 55330 • (612) 441-7420 • Fax: (612) 441-7425 <br />