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MEMORANDUM TO:. ~ym Schroeder, City Administrator FROM: ~ ~Vler!e gevissen, Public Works Supervisor It [ RE: ~ase of 4 x 4 Pick-up Track and Snow Plow DATE: ~ ian ~t~ary 2, 1992 75' In the 1992 b~ ;et, imoney is budgeted for a new 3/4 ton 4 x 4 pick-up track with a snow plow for the Public 'W :ks} Department. On December 17, 1991, Hennepin County Cooperative Purchasing, ~f ,high we are a member, awarded bids for light trucks. By purchasing with these bids, it will eli in~te my time writing specifications and advertising for bids and awarding bids. The bid for t~l.. }ar!i~'cular vehicle was awarded to North Star Dodge for a Dodge W-250 priced as follows: Dodg~ ~/4 t/~n 4 x 4 - W-250 $12,570.00 HeaVy;~ iut ~,![s.now plow package 775.00 Air con ~tl a~ung 637.00 120 ~[P~ fl~emator 130.00 Cloth~ inc hlseat 72.00 Engine ~lc e~ heater 34.00 Special P~fin~ 77.00 Parts in d se ice manuals 98.00 . $14,393.00 This price dOe s nc~t include the snow plow because the plow that was bid through Hennepin County Cool~ .~tiv~ Purchasing, a light duty Western from Crysteel for $1,730.00, is not heavy enough to wit~ itan~t the kind of plowing that we do. I received other price quotes for heavy duty plows as foli~ !s: L'. TyP~ of PlQw Amount Crystee~ Western pro $1,890.00 Cryst ~. Fisher $1,940.00 Tmcl~ Utili~s Leo $2,095.00 [ ! t All plows 7 fe~t w~th electric over hydraulic lift and include lights and mounting. I recommend .~urcl~asing the pick-up from North Star Dodge at $14,393.00 and the plow from Track UtilifiCs~at $2,095.00, as it is the best quality plow. The purchase order for the pick-up mack has to I~_ln b~, January 17, 1992.