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Council Minutes of 3/15/25 trucks just point-blank could not push it. If this new four-wheel drive diesel truck works, it will be the plan in subsequent years to replace the four sister 1991 trucks with this newer design. Cost of the four-wheel drive 1 '/z ton truck is $50,000 on state bid. There would be the purchase of two additional 2-1/Z ton plow and salt trucks. Those are the workhorses that got us through the major storms of this winter. We purchased two last year bringing our total up to 9. The cost for these two trucks will be $196,000. We also need to purchase three new pick-up trucks for the Service Dept. and one for another department. The trucks that are being replaced aze 1990- 1991 trucks. The committee had no problem with any of those replacements. Currently we own two front-end loaders, one is eight yeazs old, the other is sixteen years old. The sixteen yeaz old one has major problems, and we would like to purchase a new one for $98,000. The Director also needs to buy two Honda portable generators for powering traffic lights during power outages. The cost of that is $3,400. He also would like to purchase a used Crafco crack filler machine for $15,000. This would be a used machine which is about half the price of a new one. This would save a tremendous amount of money in rental costs, and sealing cracks saves streets. The Service Director also would like to purchase a jumping jack tamper at a cost of $1,200, which again will save rental costs. The committee had no problem with those purchases. The Director also wanted $40,00 for a possible new mower or in case a major piece of equipment failed. The committee feels that it cannot authorize that money at this time. If the need arises, Council will work with the director to provide the funds. The committee had an opportunity to see some of the projects that the mechanics have done as faz as renovating old equipment, thereby saving the city money. Some examples include a 1977 Ford tractor that is mechanically in excellent shape and now looks like it just came off the showroom floor, a Fire Dept. rescue squad with 90,000 miles which was converted into a Police vehicle to be used at crime scenes, a 1996 sidewalk snowplow Bombardier was rebuilt, a 1992 dump truck was made to run and look like new and is being used by the Recreation Department, a rebuilt Zamboni for the Recreation Center. I.T. Dept. hardware. According to our consultant, we need to purchase 65 new PC's, monitors and softwaze. Part of the problem is our older machines cannot communicate with the new computer system in the Finance Department. The cost of the various hardware and software needs is $103,675. Also needed is a firewall for our new systems at a cost of $9,000 and $10,000 of anti-spy ware, bringing the total cost to $149,225. The software systems will be Microsoft XP Professional and Office 2003 Professional. The committee is hoping to achieve some cost savings on these purchases, and that issue will be discussed at another meeting. • The committee determined that capital improvements for the Recreation Department and the WWTP would be discussed at a future meeting. • Human Resources Department. The department received an $80,000 grant for NOCOP. The Youth Diversion Program (YDP) grant was renewed. The hot lunch program grant at the Senior Center was cut somewhat, but they have adjusted to handle that. The Americans With Disability (ADA) doors project at the Senior 9