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item #11 CITY OF COLTON AGENDA REPORT FOR COUNCIL MEETING OF OCTOBER 5, 2004 TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FROM: Amer Jakher, P.E., City Engineer SUBJECT: Approve Resolution To Budget An Equipment Rental Division For The Purchase Of A High Flow Skid -Steer Machine. DATE: September 27, 2004 BACKGROUND: As a result of the increase in Capital Improvement Projects the Streets Division is utilized to aid in completing some of the smaller jobs. The continual flow of projects the Streets Division is working on has brought forth a need for a more versatile and productive piece of equipment to aid the Division in its increase workload. A High Flow Skid -Steer Machine (Bobcat) would allow the Streets Division to complete projects more efficiently. DISCUSSION/ANALYSIS: For the needs raised by the increased number of Streets projects the Street Division would benefit from the purchase of a High Flow Skid -Steer Machine with the following attachments: a cold planer, an auger and a breaker. These attachments would allow it to perform the following jobs: prep streets for overlays, dig holes for the installation of guardrail and break up concrete allowing the Streets Crews to perform demolition work. The lowest quote received for the Bobcat and the aforementioned attachments is about $67,000. Currently, the Streets Crews must regularly use more manual labor, increasing the amount of time needed to complete a project, or pay equipment rental fees in order to complete Capital Improvement Projects. The purchase of the High Flow Skid -Steer Machine would allow the Streets Division to complete the scheduled Capital Improvement Projects more efficiently. It has been a goal of the City to start funding for replacement equipment used by non -Enterprise funds within the Internal Service Fund. The purchase of this piece of equipment will be through this fund, which will front the capital outlay and will be reimbursed by the projects which use the equipment owned by the Internal Service Fund. The reimbursement will be used to fund replacement equipment in future years. These funds will be set -a -side in a reserved cash account and not co -mingled with pooled cash (operating cash). This action will require the setting up of a new Division titled "Capital Equipment" under the direction of Public Services, setting up a new revenue account titled "Equipment Rental" and a reserved cash account in the Internal Service Fund. 7/10/03 City Clerk's Office Cb i