Memorandum - Vehicle and Equipment CIP

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Page 3 pieces of equipment are also used to remove snow from parking lots and skating rinks. As the amount of trail increases, we will need to remove snow from trails and sidewalks at the same time we are removing it from rinks and parking lots. 2010 ESTIMATED TOTAL $116,400 2011 Staff is recommending the replacement of the 1987 Jetter truck#304. This vehicle will be 24 years old and the body is starting to deteriorate. The odometer on this vehicle quit working in 2006 at that time the vehicle had 16,999 miles on it. Currently the odometer reads 17,805 staff believes that the odometer his intermittently working. In 2007 an hour meter was installed on the truck. Since its installation the meter has 510 hours on it. Based on this level of usage it is estimated that this machine has approximately 6,000 hours on it. An hour meter is a more accurate measurement of the use of this type of vehicle as it operates at a stop the majority of the time. The Jetter has a 1 inch water powered hose for cleaning sewers. Staff is exploring options for the replacement of this vehicle. The options include replacing it with a stand alone Jetter similar to the existing vehicle. The cost of this option is estimated to be $175,000. The second option would be to replace our current Jetter and Vactor trucks and consolidate both vehicles into a single vehicle. Currently our sewer cleaning operation requires the use of both the jetter and the vactor. The combination vehicle would allow us to eliminate the need for two large vehicles for this operation. Estimated cost for a combination vehicle is $350,000. The estimated cost to replace the Vactor is $ 235,000. While the Vactor is not due for replacement until 2019, it would be beneficial to replace both vehicles in 2011 thus being able to reduce our fleet by one large vehicle. The replacement costs in future years would then be reduced from an estimated $410,000 for the two vehicles to 350,000 for one vehicle in today's dollars. Also we will then have only one to vehicle to maintain, thus long term maintenance costs should be greatly reduced The overall final cost of the replacement vehicle should be reduced by the value of a trade or sale of the Vactor. The second piece of equipment scheduled for 2011 is the 1993 skid steer loader. Staff is currently reviewing the option of a lease program for this equipment. Many government operations have switched to the lease program for their skid steers as they do not put many hours on them annually and they are then able to keep up with the newer technologies and options available for skid steers. Also maintenance costs are reduced as you get a new piece of equipment at about the time the tires and other major mechanical issues arise. Review of the replacement of our skid steer loader will continue with a more firm recommendation made for the 2011 budget cycle. If purchasing a new skid steer ultimately becomes the recommendation it is estimated that this cost will be $35,000. 2011 ESTIMATED TOTAL $385,000