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City of Nashua, Public Works Division
Board of Public Works Meeting Date: August 24, 2017
Nick Caggiano, Superintendent
Parks and Recreation Department
Purchase of a Toro Groundmaster 5910-D Mower.
To approve the purchase of a 2017 Toro Groundmaster 5910-D mower from Turf
Products Corporation of Enfield, CT for the price of $104,837.74 pursuant to the
Massachusetts State Contract 4EAC71. Funding will be through Department: 177
Parks and Recreation; Fund: Trust; Activity: CERF.
Quote from TPC
This scheduled purchase will replace the current mower 10-625 a, 2010 Toro
5910- D rotary mower. The mower has 2,260 hours on it which equates to about
72,000 miles. This mower and has serviced us well but has reached a point where
the machine will not consistently operate properly leading to repairs and
downtime. The amount of over the road time and mowing time has led to fatigue
of many components. This mower was scheduled for replacement last year but
was deferred to 2017. This mower has little trade in value and will be kept as a
backup allowing us to be able to get caught up during periods of heavy rain. The
rotary style mower is used five days a week from May until late November
mowing our large areas and athletic fields.
This request is consistent with the City Capitol Equipment Reserve Fund (CERF)
detailed schedule. The planned CERF request for FY17 was approved by the
Board of Alderman, but was deferred to FY18.
The Mower comes with a 2 year 1,500 hour warranty. The Superintendent and
Fleet Manager both recommend this purchase.
