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If,, during a snow faIl event, one of our dump trucks broke down it would be diffictalt to <br />complete snow removal and de-icing in a reasonabte amo�nt of time_ It would virtually <br />be impossibie to "borrow" a replacement vehicle since most other agencies wouId be <br />using their similar equiprrient at that same time. A breakdown would not only mean that <br />our one remazning durnp truck wouId have to p�ow half the City, assuming the front e�d <br />loader could keep up and plow the other half, but it wouId also have to spread de-iein� <br />material over the entire City. lf our snow removal/de-�cing �1 eei consisted of three duznp <br />trucks it would have mt�ch more redundancy and a breakdown would be mUch �nore <br />manageable. <br />Staff's recammendation is to add a th�ird dump tr�ek snow plow by acyuiring a used <br />vehicle from the Ramsey County fleet. T%e dump tr�ck acquired from Ramsey County <br />would 2ikely be three to four years newer than �ust keeping one of our old trucks when a <br />new one is purchased. The difference between the trade-in val�e of the City's dump <br />truck versus the cost of purchasing one from Ramsey County is like�y Iess than $10,000. <br />Also, the City would be able to select the best used tz-uck from the Ramsey County f�eet <br />before the rernaining used trucks are sold on the open market. <br />We have shown potentially replacing the used d�mp truck acquired from Ramsey County <br />by p�archasing another one from tiaem in 2015. Then in the it�ture the City could replace <br />the three Dump Trucks in the fleet on a three to five year rotating basis. <br />Council Action Requested <br />The City CounciI is requested to approve the Amended 20� 1-2015 Equipment Capital <br />Improvement Plan. <br />City CounciE Meetina <br />C:ltJserslter►y.maurerlDesktoplEquipEnentC I PMemo.doc <br />Page 4 of 4 <br />