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MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />Mayor & City Council <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />Phil Hals, Street/Park Superintend~I- <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />April 16, 2002 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Equipment Purchases <br /> <br />Item # 3.4. <br /> <br />On January 28, 2002, the City Council approved the purchase of an asphalt paving <br />trailer, a pick-up truck, and a tandem axle dump truck with snow plowing equipment. <br />The memo from the January, 24, 2002 memo indicated: <br /> <br />$137,000.00 <br /> 23,600.00 <br /> 22,400.00 <br />$183,000.00 <br /> <br />for the truck <br />for the patch trailer <br />for the pick-up truck <br />Total, including sales tax <br /> <br />The 2002 budget identifies $186,500 in equipment certificates for the purchase of those <br />3 items. The patching trailer and pick-up truck have been ordered for the prices <br />indicated above, but the truck has been another story. <br /> <br />The Iow bidder, Sterling Trucks, offers four cab configurations which affect wheel base <br />length affecting the turning radius. Our first choice was a set back front axle model with <br />the shortest wheel base, but as I fine tune the spec, I found that the model with the <br />horsepower we need combined with an automatic transmission and a front frame <br />extension would not be available with the adequate radiator. The next shortest <br />wheelbase model has an engine compartment cover that encroaches into the cab area <br />which requires an upscale hydraulic control system. <br /> <br />To make a long story sho~ I need to revise the truck and equipment bid price upward <br />to $140,500 from my January 28th estimate of $137,000. My apologies for the mistaken <br />estimate. <br /> <br />Requested Action: <br />City Council authorize spending additional equipment certificate funds up to the original <br />budget amount of $186,500 for the purchase of a dump truck, asphalt patching trailer, <br />and a pick-up truck. <br /> <br /> <br />