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7 <br /> COUNCIL COMMUNICATION FORM <br /> PURCHASING & INTERNAL SERVICES MEMORANDUM <br /> #11-27 <br /> July 18, 2011 <br /> TO: Honorable Mayor McElroy and City Council <br /> FROM: Ryan P. McCrady, City Manager <br /> Ron Neufeld, Financial Management Director <br /> Deborah M. Perry, Purchasing Supervisor r <br /> SUBJECT: Stump cutter bids <br /> SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends awarding contract to Vermeer Sales <br /> & Service to furnish one (1) Vermeer 2011 SC802 stump cutter. <br /> BACKGROUND: The stump cutter will be used by the Forestry Division to remove tree <br /> stumps. The new stump cutter will replace a 1997 Vermeer stump cutter with 2045 hours. The <br /> old stump cutter will be used as a trade in on the new unit. <br /> POTENTIAL OBJECTION: None <br /> INPUT FROM OTHER SOURCES: The Forestry Division requested the stump cutter. Fleet <br /> Maintenance wrote the specifications. Both recommend approval of the bid. <br /> STAFF REFERENCE: Richard Marley, Public Works Director, 424-2747. Randy Callison, <br /> City Forester, 875-4820. Richard Marley will be at the council meeting to answer questions the <br /> council may have about this purchase. <br /> BUDGET: $35,343 from the Equipment Replacement Fund. <br />