Service Department equipment surplus and replacement (Resolution 2026-R52)
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Summary
The city's 2019 sewer jet has spent more time in the shop than in service, and parts come from Italy on 14-16 week waits. The $50,000 trade-in toward a versatile $324,672 hydro excavator would let crews do catch basin cleaning, vault cleaning, and safer excavation around fiber lines in-house — but it means spending contingency dollars that won't be available for 2027 paving projects.
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Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Oct 13, 2026.
Impact analysis
The new machine costs about $324,672 after a $50,000 trade-in, funded by reshuffling existing budget dollars — which could trim 2027 paving money by roughly $63,000 in give-backs.
Residents get faster, safer stormwater and utility maintenance, and parks crews can share the machine — plus safer excavation around buried fiber lines.
Future road paving budgets could take a hit, since roughly $63,000 that would have flowed back into the street fund now goes to the equipment.
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