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City Council Minutes January 7, 2019 Page 8 of 11 ----------------------------- maintenance responsibilities. He stated that he has not heard of any conflicts and to his knowledge everyone include in the agreement approve. COUNCIL MEMBER SEILS MOVED TO APPROVE THE 2020-2024 PUBLIC WORKS SERVICES JOINT POWERS AGREEMENTS WITH THE CITY OF JENKINS, CITY OF NISSWA, IDEAL TOWNSHIP, JENKINS TOWNSHIP, AND LOON LAKE TOWNSHIP. COUNCIL MEMBER CLEMENT SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION CARRIED 4-0. 9.5. ReQuest to Purchase Loader Jason Gorr presented Loader bids to the Council and requested approval to purchase the John Deere 544L Wheel Loader with Snow Pusher and Grapple Bucket from McCoy Construction Forestry through the Sourcewell contract bid for $203,903.85. He also requested that the City's 1996 Jahn Deere 310D Backhoe be traded in to McCoy Construction Forestry for a bill of sale of$20,500 which will decrease the net sale amount of the Loader to $183,403.85. Mr. Gorr requested that the Loader be paid from the 2020 Highway 371 Fund budget. He informed the Council that the Public Works Department did receive a demonstration for the requested purchase item and felt that it was more functional and useful for their needs than the MCAT that they also had a demonstration on. He discussed the lack of snow storage around businesses in the City and that the Loader would help them solve that issue. He stated that his department did a lot of research and compared prices nationwide therefore he feels that this is a competitive price. Mr. Gorr atso noted that it is under the price budgeted for this piece of equipment. Discussion ensued about a warranty and the amount of time the Loader would save them on snow removal. Council Member Pederson expressed his concerns about the money for the purchase being taken out of the highway fund. Mr. Gorr discussed the highway drives the need for the purchase of a larger item such as the Loader. He also talked about similar sized communities using this type of equipment. COUNCIL MEMBER SEILS MOVED TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF THE JOHN DEERE 544L WHEEL LOADER WITH SNOW PUSHER AND GRAPPLE BUCKET FROM MCCOY CONSTRUCTION FORESTRY AND ALSO TRADE IN THE CITY'S 7996 JOHN DEERE 310D BACKHOE FOR A NET SALE AMOUNT OF�183,403.85 TO BE PAID FROM THE 2020 HIGHWAY 371 FUND BUDGET. COUNCIL MEMBER CLEMENT SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION CARRIED 3-1. COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSON OPPOSED. 10. Administration The following items were received by Council. • December 17, 2019 draft EDC minutes • December 17, 2019 HRA minutes