Finance Committee - 12/02/2020 Page 15
Mr. Hudson
That’s a fair question. | don’t believe the unit records hours, | am just going to tell you (inaudible background
noise) about 10 years, so | think we’ve gotten good use out of it and it continues to be used but | start to worry
(inaudible background noise).
Alderman Klee
I’m sorry, somebody is not muted.
Mr. Hudson
Ok sorry. You know | get worried when a piece of equipment is 10 years old and it is such a critical piece. |
believe it’s appropriate and timely as planned to purchase it now and have it as a backup so we can keep our
surveyor working day in and day out, doing the work that we need him to do.
Alderman Klee
Just one quick follow up, Mr. Mayor.
Mayor Donchess
Yes.
Alderman Klee
Have we had any problems with the equipment to date? And I’m not saying that shouldn’t replace, I’m just
curious as to is it showing its age by having some down time on it?
Mr. Hudson
You can tell, it's got a few dings and scrapes, | know the level bubble on it to set it up, we had to replace it
recently. So it has had a few bits and pieces that needed repair, nothing that’s kept it out of service for a long
period of time. | Know the surveyor takes good care of it the best he can. The thing that is we only have one
piece and it’s a little hard to keep up with the calibration and different things like that. And this new one also
has some additional capabilities. It’s a little quicker, it has a little more precision, a little quicker to track. It’s
actually a unit that you use independently so you set it up and it follows him around, where he’s standing. So
this one will work a little more efficiently and has a few more bells and whistles per se, and being a new piece
of equipment should be more reliable. But no | wouldn’t say that our existing has been a headache, | just think
we should replace this on schedule if we can.
Alderman Klee
One more follow up Mr. Mayor?
Mayor Donchess
Yes, of course.
Alderman Klee
So | guess this is kind of like two questions. One is, you mentioned about that it can follow him. So would
mean that you would only need one surveyor kind of — versus where the old days you would have one person
looking and kind of following that way. And the other thing is could this be relegated to be like a backup Say if
anything happened to that one? Or would it be traded in or sold. So there’s two kind of questions there, sorry.
