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• • • Minutes, Regular Meeting, La Porte City Council April 7, 1982, Page 4 Hodge: The loader will be used in our street maintenance and drainage program and our street construction program. It is a versatile machine. This has been under considera- tion ever since I have been here by the past Council. It is an item we studied a long time before I made the recom- mendation. Longley: Mr. Mayor, I understand that John Deere has a manu- facturing plant in Argentina. Is that going to be a problem for parts? Hodge: All John Deere tractors are made here in the States. I don't know what they build outside, but this is an American made machine. Skelton: Mr. Mayor, since this is a budgeted item, we have a large street program underway; we are anticipating recon- structing over nine hundred thousand dollars worth of streets. I make a motion to approve the low bidder, Hyco Equipment Company in the amount of 53, 23.00. • The motion was seconded by Councilperson Matuszak. The motion carried, 8 ayes and 1 nay. Ayes: Councilpersons Malone, Longley, Matuszak, Graves, Pfeiffer, Skelton, Westergren and Mayor Meza Nays: Councilperson Gay 9. Council considered appropriating additional funds for the awarding of a bid on a "Heated Asphalt Storage Tank". City Manager Owen explained why there was a shortage of budgeted funds for this item. When quotes were received last summer during budget preparation, the quotes given were for a cold oil storage tank without a heater and necessary piping. 6Vith these quotes, $20,000 was budgeted in the 1981-82 budget for the Heated Asphalt Storage Tank. Owen stated this item is a necessary or essential item for the street program, and asked. that the Council appropriate an additional $9,2.00.00 from the 1979-80 Capital Improvement Contingency Fund. A motion was made by Councilperson Skelton to accept the low bid y Plains Machinery Company of 2 ,200.00 for a Heated Asphalt Storage Tank and to appropriate the addit~.onal 9,200.00 needed for t e purc ase from t e - 0 Capital Improvement Contingency Fun Seconded by Councilperson Longley. • The motion carried, 8 ayes and 1 nay.