Finance Committee - 01/15/2020 Page 5
becoming a licensed facility where we’d have to go through relicensing, we need to keep it at the exact same
megawatt. It would not be possible to fit a five megawatt turbine in this facility anyways. It just wouldn’t work
here. We are meeting the same standards of a new generator, of a new turbine and control system as the
previous. There are more efficiencies to be gained so it might be able to produce slightly more power but it
would be the same general setting to be a one megawatt facility.
Alderman Klee
Excuse me but the fact that it’s a non-licensed if it did generate a little bit more it would still be considered a
one megawatt and we would still be falling within any parameters of the State’s no more than one.
Director Sarah Marchant
Yes correct. So we do not meter this facility and our goal is to continue to net meter this facility.
Alderman Klee
Okay thank you so much.
Mayor Donchess
Any other questions or comments?
MOTION CARRIED
From: Dan Kooken, Purchasing Manager
Re: Contract for Purchase of One (1) New Bobcat Skidsteer (Value: $68,800); Department: 166 Parking
Operations; Fund: Cerf
MOTION BY ALDERMAN HARRIOTT-GATHRIGHT TO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE, AND AWARD THE
PURCHASE OF A BOBCAT SKIDSTEER $570 FROM BOBCAT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE IN THE AMOUNT
OF $68,800. FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN DEPARTMENT 166 PARKING OPERATIONS; FUND: CERF
ON THE QUESTION
Director Tim Cummings
Thank you Mayor. Good evening. Tim Cummings — Director of Economic Development.
Mayor Donchess
Could you just explain what the skidsteer is and what you do with it and why it’s going to be replaced.
Director Tim Cummings
Yes so this evening I’m here seeking the ability to purchase a Bobcat which we use for a few different reasons.
Primary though the clearing and maintaining of sidewalks for snow removal services here in the downtown.
This piece of equipment is critical for us because it’s one of the few pieces of equipment that can fit along the
Heritage Trail as well for the removal of the snow along that critical piece of infrastructure. Lastly, we use this
piece of equipment to remove snow off of the top of the roofs of the garages as it’s the only piece of equipment
that can actually remove the snow at the top of the garages. This is before you this evening. It complies with
all the CERF schedule.
