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CONSENT ITEM—6B <br /> ,-iIZEN HILLS <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> DATE: September 14, 2020 <br /> TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers <br /> Dave Perrault, City Administrator <br /> FROM: Todd Blomstrom, Public Works Director/City Engineer <br /> SUBJECT: Purchase of a F 150 Pickup Truck <br /> Budgeted Amount: Actual Amount: Funding Source: <br /> $N/A $39,000.00 CARES Funds <br /> (maximum limit) <br /> Council Should Consider <br /> The City Council is requested to consider an authorization to purchase one Ford F 150 Extended <br /> Cap Pickup Truck up to a maximum amount of$39,000.00. <br /> Back2round/Dis cuss ion <br /> The Arden Hills Public Works Department continues to implement a practice of limiting vehicle <br /> occupancy to one employee per vehicle as a measure to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 between <br /> essential workers. This practice has created operational challenges due to the limited number of <br /> vehicles within the City fleet. <br /> The Public Works fleet includes 12 light/medium duty trucks as listed in Attachment A. The <br /> Department typically has a demand for 13 vehicles under the vehicle single occupancy limit based <br /> on eight full-time maintenance employees, one public works superintendent, three seasonal <br /> employees, and one vehicle needed for engineering functions. The Department has a shortage of at <br /> least one vehicle, and this assumes that larger F450 trucks are being used on a regular basis to <br /> travel between work destinations. The use of F450 vehicles for general employee travel is <br /> significantly more costly than use of smaller F 150 vehicles. <br /> The City Council directed staff to investigate the purchase of an additional vehicle as part of the <br /> CARES Act funding program. The City typically purchases vehicles from the State of Minnesota <br /> Cooperative Purchasing Contract. Delivery of a standard pickup truck from the state contract is <br /> Page 1 of 2 <br />