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AUTHORIZE CASE # 5 PURCHASE OF 3/4 TON 4X4 TRUCK WITH SNOW PLOW By: Jessie Hart, Finance Officer Background: Included in tho 1995 Adopted Enterprise Funds Budgets is $22,000.00 for the purchase of a 3/4 ton truck equipped with a snow plow. This purchase is a replacement for unit #614, a 1985 Chevrolet utility truck with approximately 82,000 miles. This vehicle was purchased used by the C~ty m 1988, for $10,090.45, and ~s fully deprecmted. As members 0~f the Hennepin County Purchasing Cooperative, we have the opportunity to purchase equiptnent through contracts already subjected to the statutory bidding laws, eliminating the need to go r:hrough the bidding process ourselves. 3./a Ton 4Xg The Hennepin _County Purchasing Cooperative let bids for light trucks for 1995 and Superior Ford received the award. Superior Ford's bid, which meets the City's specifications for a 3/4 ton 4X4 truck, is $17,107.00, plus sales tax and license. This amount is within the budget established for 1995. [Specifications attached] Snow Plow: The Hennepin County Purchasing Cooperative awarded bids to Superior Ford for the snow plow equipment the iCky is requiring for this new truck. This equipment does not meet the City's specifications, therefore quo[es were ,r, equested from several vendors and Crysteel provided a quote of $3,550.00, p~us sales tax, for an 8 2" snow plow. Staff Recommendation: Committee app~roval of the purchase of a 3/4 ton 4X4 truck ,from Superior Ford at a price not to exceed $17,107~00 plus tax and license, and approval of the purchase of an 8' 2" snow plow from Crysteel at a price not-to-exceed $3,550.00 plus sales tax. Committee ACtion: Motion to recommend Council approve and adopt Resolution Authorizing Purchase of 3/4 Ton 4X4 Truck Snow Plow. Reviewed By: City Administrator Finance Officer City Engineer : Parks/Utilities Supervisor FC: 1/24/95