Finance Committee - 01/15/2020 Page 7
Director Lisa Fauteux
Sure absolutely. It will be administration and Engineering, Park and Rec., and Solid Waste of course will be
there, and some of the Street Department.
Alderman Klee
Thank you.
Mayor Donchess
Anyone else? Questions? Comments?
MOTION CARRIED
From: Dan Kooken, Purchasing Manager
Re: Tractor Replacement Including Attachments (Value: $121,985); Department: 177 Parks and
Recreation; Fund: Cerf
MOTION BY ALDERMAN HARRIOT-GATHRIGHT TO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE, AND AWARD THE
PURCHASE OF A 2020 JOHN DEERE 5090M UTILITY TRACTOR WITH ATTACHMENTS FROM PADULA
BROHERS INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF $121,985. FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN DEPARTMENT 177 PARKS
AND RECREATION; FUND: CERF
ON THE QUESTION
Director Lisa Fauteux
This is a tractor that we’ve had for a long time. It’s replacing a 23 year old tractor. It’s really pretty critical to
our Park and Rec. operation. We use it for fertilizing fields, aerating soil, applying control products, working on
in-fields, installing playground equipment, and so on and so forth. We are going to keep the 23 year old tractor
and keep it as a back line and we're trading two older tractors that haven’t actually run in a few years. The
other thing that we are doing with this tractor which we’re very excited about is we’re adding some attachments
that will help us to do additional work and make us more efficient - a front load bucket that helps us with
removing snow and loading trucks, a stump grinder which we currently don’t have which will be very helpful, an
over the rail mowing attachment which we don’t have. We subcontract all of that out. We will continue to
subcontract out a lot of that but we’ll be able to do some of it ourselves now which will be great. A grapple
bucket to lift logs into a truck and a grader box which will help us to improve our baseball and softball surfaces.
This will be a really pretty critical piece of equipment for us.
Alderman Klee
Sorry to keep bothering you so much but the over the rail is that like on streets where we have rails or in the
parks.
Director Lisa Fauteux
So currently we have a contract so over guardrails all the trimming that’s done, you’ve probably seen them
doing that. We'll be able to do some of that ourselves and that’s what it is. It’s to go over a guardrail and trim
along the side of the road.
Alderman Klee
Thank you.
