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City of Nashua, Public Works Division
Board of Public Works Meeting Date: December 19, 2019
Nick Caggiano, Superintendent
Parks and Recreation Department
Purchase of a replacement tractor with attachments
To approve the purchase of a 2020 John Deere 5090M Utility Tractor with
attachments off the Sourcewell Ag contract # 021815-DAC from Padula Brothers
Inc. of Lancaster, MA for the price of $121,984.58. Funding will be through
Department: 177 Parks & Recreation; Fund: Trust; Activity: CERF.
Quote Sheet, Service Records for 91-541
The Parks and Recreation Department has a utility tractor with attachments on
CERF for replacement in FY20. Padula Brothers of Lancaster, MA provided a
quote based off of the Sourcewell Ag contract # 021815-DAC for a discounted
price of $121,984.58 which came under the budget of $125,584.
The tractor will be replacing unit 91-541 - a 23 year old tractor that has 5,276
hours on it. We will keep this tractor as a back line tractor. We will be trading in
two older tractors that have not run for a few years - a 1988 Ford 340B and a
1986 John Deere 2350. We will receive $2,500 for each tractor towards the
purchase. This tractor is an important piece of equipment for the department. It
allows us to fertilize fields, aerate soil, apply control products, work on infields,
install playground equipment, work on trails and run equipment such as our
rotodarian and leaf vac.
The replacement tractor will also include the following attachments:
1. A front bucket that can be used for removing snow and loading trucks.
2. A stump grinder so we can begin to grind our own stumps. This will save
funds and will allow us to be timelier in our response time.
3. An over the rail mower that will be used to help us keep up with the
intersection and trail brush cutting request. This will allow us to
supplement the work that is currently being done by our contractor.
4. A grapple bucket to lift and load logs into trucks.
Finally a grader box leveling attachment that will allow us to improve
our baseball and softball surfaces.
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