Council approves loader purchase for street division

Jun 12, 2023

The Norfolk city street division received approval for a major purchase during Monday night's city council meeting. All present council members voted in favor of the purchase of an articulating front-end loader valued at $138,802.07 from Bobcat of Omaha. The purchase is being made through Nebraska state contract No. 15792 and is intended to replace an existing machine that is due to be replaced in the near future.

City street division director Will Elwell provided details on the purchase.

"This is a replacement loader. We received three different quotes, all specified the same," Elwell said.

John Deere and Komatsu also submitted quotes for the machinery, although those bids were substantially higher than the Bobcat bid.

Per the quote submitted by Bobcat, the new machine will be a Doosan model DL220-7.

"We have one Doosan loader already that we’ve had really good luck with," Elwell said.

In his comments to council members, Elwell said the existing loader would be traded in as part of the purchase transaction, and it could take as long as six months to receive the new machine.

The purchase is part of the 2023 street division budget. Originally, $170,000 was allocated toward the new machine.

The city has three other loaders, which are used year-round, although they are used more during the winter months. Upon questioning by council members, Elwell said that while it was difficult to estimate how much annual usage the new loader would get, it could be as much as 200 hours or more.

Elwell said machines like the loader are generally on a 10-year cycle for replacement; however, that schedule can change depending on the condition of the equipment and the costs for annual maintenance and repairs. The old loader is in need of several repairs.

The Norfolk City Council met on Monday night at council chambers at city hall. All members were present, with the exception of councilman Corey Granquist. Close to 20 citizens, city staff and members of the media also attended. Below is a recap of the agenda items addressed during the session.

The Norfolk Community Development Agency convened on Monday for its regularly scheduled session. All members were present for the meeting, with the exception of councilman Corey Granquist. Just over a dozen city staff and citizens were also in attendance at the meeting, which lasted just und…

FORT LIBERTY, N.C. (AP) — Fort Bragg shed its Confederate namesake Friday to become Fort Liberty in a ceremony some veterans said was a small but important step in making the U.S. Army more welcoming to current and prospective Black service members.

BALASORE, India (AP) — The derailment in eastern India that killed 275 people and injured hundreds was caused by an error in the electronic signaling system that led a train to wrongly change tracks and crash into a freight train, officials said Sunday.

WAYNE — Michael White, associate professor of communication arts and film adviser at Wayne State College, has received the 2023 Doug Hawley President's Award for Lifetime Achievement in Film from the Iowa Motion Picture Association (IMPA).

COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) — World War II veteran Jake Larson, a 100-year-old American best known on social media under the name "Papa Jake," enjoyed giving hugs to the many fans he met during his trip to Normandy for D-Day commemorations.

SOUTH SIOUX CITY — A first-generation student who graduated from Northeast Community College in May has embraced college and everything it has to offer. In fact, Yatziri Loya Barraza is leaving with two degrees and plans to pursue additional education. She wants to eventually open her own bu…

Listed below is the 24-hour rainfall in inches as of 7 a.m. Monday in area communities.

WeatherThreat.com Closings

MILLBURN, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey's Canoe Brook Water Treatment plant produces 14 millions ga…

ON OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — An overwhelming sound of gunfire and men's screams. That's how…

Only minutes into a doomed journey that ended on a remote Virginia mountain, the pilot of a …

KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — A major dam in southern Ukraine collapsed Tuesday, flooding villages…

COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) — World War II veteran Jake Larson, a 100-year-old American …

Sorry, there are no recent results for popular commented articles.