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DPS 2021 SB&H SWEEPER PURCHASE $1,649,321
Streets, Bridges, and Harbor
Jeremy Mikolajczyk (x1537)/Paul Rasmusson (x7868)
Revised
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Authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement for the purchase and maintenance of street sweepers using cooperative purchasing or state term contracts; authorizing the expenditure of $1,439,321 from the Capital Improvement Fund for said equipment purchase and the expenditure of $186,667 from the Special Assessment Fund and $23,333 from the Street Construction, Maintenance & Repair Fund for equipment maintenance; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
A review of the condition of the Streets, Bridges and Harbor (SB&H) Sweeper Fleet indicated that a replacement plan is necessary in order to maintain safe operations and better continued services. The intent is to replace the sweepers due to their age, poor condition, and high maintenance cost.
In an effort to improve services SB&H is requesting to purchase five (5) new Elgin Pelican Sweepers and one (1) Elgin Regen X Sweeper. The Elgin Pelican Sweepers are the same model of sweeper that SB&H currently has. With this sweeper, training staff on operation and maintenance will be minimal. The Division will also not have to make any other changes or modifications to supporting equipment such as hopper modifications to packer trucks. SB&H has seventeen (17) of this brand and model of sweepers in inventory ranging from year 2003 to 2012. SB&H will keep as many of the old sweepers as possible but does intend to retire older models when larger repairs are needed.
The one (1) Elgin Regen X Sweeper will be new to the Division and is a different style of sweeper that uses a vacuum system instead of a mechanical broom system, such as the Elgin Pelican. This sweeper will be used for not only general downtown sweeping but also within other street projects, such as crack sealing and street paving.
All sweepers within this purchase program will have a maintenance prog...
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