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<br /> CITY OF ARDEN HILLS <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> . ================================================================= <br /> DATE: April 2, 1990 <br /> TO: Mayor and city council <br /> FROM: John T. Buckley, Parks Director <br /> SUBJECT: Proposed Purchase - Infield Groomer, Lawn Sweeper <br /> --------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> --------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> $23,600 is budgeted in 1990 for purchasing a lawn sweeper and <br /> trailer ($14,000 budgeted) and an infield groomer ($9,600 <br /> budgeted) . This money is budgeted from the Certificate of <br /> Indebtedness. <br /> A lawn sweeper is needed to remove the leaves and glass from the <br /> parks during the Spring and Fall clean-up. <br /> Basically, there are two types of leaf vacs on the market. One <br /> type picks up leaves with a vacuum suction. The other uses a <br /> rubber de-thatching brush, acting similar to a power rake. The <br /> de-thatching brush machine would best service glass pick-up that <br /> . might be imbedded in grass. <br /> BIDS: <br /> Olathe 48" High Lift, 20 H.P. sweeper $ 8,590 <br /> LTG Power Equipment Company <br /> Olathe 48" High Lift, 20 H.P. sweeper 8,272 <br /> MTI Distributing Co. <br /> Smithco Sweep Star 60" High Lift 10,495 <br /> (new machine on market this year) <br /> RECOMMENDATION: <br /> Purchase 48" Olathe from MTI Distributing for $8,272. Existing <br /> trailers would be used to transport the sweeper, therefore a new <br /> trailer would not be purchased at this time. <br /> INFIELD GROOMER <br /> The Department has been using a Toro Workmaster groomer for the <br /> past ten years. This has been a dependable machine, however, it <br /> is limited in its capacity to move infield material when wet. <br /> . <br />