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<br />~ <br /> <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />December 15, 2008 <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />Mayor and City Council <br />Ron Moorse, City Administrator <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />Greg Hoag, Public Works Director <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />Lawn Mower Purchase Opportunity <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br />On December 8, 2008 the City Council approved the 2009 budget and Capital Improvement Plan <br />(CIP) which included the replacement of our 1998 Toro Groundsmaster lawn mower with a large <br />area lawn mower. <br /> <br />The Mounds View School District Maintenance Department currently has two surplus lawn <br />mowers in their fleet which they would like to donate to The City of Arden Hills. The first <br />mower is a Jacobsen HR-5111 large area mower capable of cutting a ten foot width. (Picture <br />attached) This mower is the style of mower we planned to recommend purchasing as our <br />replacement mower in early 2009. The Mounds View mower currently has 1665 hours which is <br />estimated to be about half of the normal life of the engine. This mower is in need of some repairs <br />and maintenance. <br /> <br />Turfwerks located in Eagan Minnesota is the local distributer for Jacobsen equipment. <br />Turfwerks has provided us with an estimate for repairs to this mower. These repairs were broken <br />down into three categories: Need to do now, $860.00 parts and labor; Highly recommended, <br />$3,257.11 parts and labor; and wear part routine maintenance and repair, $1,400.29 parts only for <br />an estimated total with tax of $6,000.00. These repairs are all repairs that can be expected over <br />the life of this type of equipment. There are no major issues with the motor or cutting decks. <br /> <br />Turfwerks estimates this mower, if all of the repairs were completed, could sell for <br />approximately $18,000.00. A brand new mower of this type is listed at $44,640.00 on the State <br />of Minnesota purchasing contract for 2009. <br /> <br />It is anticipated that if we were to acquire this mower and continue with regular routine <br />maintenance and repairs, we could expect to get five to seven years of service from this mower. <br />We would expect to get fifteen years of service from a brand new mower. <br />