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CITY OF SOUTH BEND <br />South Bend, Indiana 46601 <br />Jerry J. Miller <br />Mayor <br />Rollin E. Farrand, Sr., P. E. <br />Director, Public Works <br />Common Council <br />City of South Bend <br />County -City Building <br />South Bend, Indiana 46601 <br />Reply To: Dori L. Decker <br />Mar. 4, 1975 <br />SUBJECT: Revenue Sharing Funds to purchase two Street Sweepers <br />Gentlemen; <br />The Bureau of Streets places a high priority in their <br />many functions to provide clean streets to our residents <br />and motoring public. To provide this service depends <br />greatly on the frequency of which a street is swept. Business <br />districts and high traffic streets generate dirt at a much <br />higher rate than do streets in our neighborhood residential <br />areas. Because of this if we are to-maintain a clean City <br />some streets require to be swept daily, some weekly, and <br />some residential streets only once a month. We have mapped <br />out a program that affords us this frequency but it requires <br />an adequate number of sweepers on the street to complete it. <br />We expect an average of 24 miles of sweeping per machine in <br />an 8 hour shift sweeping in tandems. With the addition of <br />two more sweepers we can expect an additional 48 curb miles <br />of sweeping per day. It is easy to see how the additional <br />mileage will increase the frequency a street is swept. <br />On March the 3rd the Board of Public Works awarded the <br />bid for two Elgin Pelican Street Sweepers to Ries Equipment <br />Co. contingent upon Council approval of Revenue Sharing funds. <br />The total bid for two sweepers equipped with GMC 3 -53 Diesel <br />Engines is $52,800.00 <br />Hopefully the Council will see fit to approve this <br />request thus granting us the benefit of an early summer <br />delivery of these machines. <br />Respectfully yours, <br />Donald L. Decker <br />Director, <br />Division of Transportation <br />DLD /pjk <br />3 -4 -75 <br />