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Geneva staff recommend buying demo sewer jet/vac truck to speed stormwater work
Summary
City staff described a budgeted opportunity to buy a demo sewer jet/vac truck this year at a lower-than-budgeted price, telling council it would improve storm and sanitary line cleaning and reduce outside contracting costs.
City Manager Barnett and public works staff discussed a planned acquisition of a 2025 demo sewer jet/vac truck at the April 14 council meeting. The vehicle was included in the 2025 budget and originally budgeted at $600,000 with costs to be split equally between the water and wastewater departments, Barnett said.
Wastewater Superintendent Brandon Arolin and assistant Mike Barry told council the demo truck is available now, would be loaded with equipment and would be sold at a price below the budgeted amount because it is a demo unit. Barnett said the city estimates it could save roughly $75,000 compared with ordering a new vehicle and that ordering a new one could mean an eight-month-plus lead time.
Staff described operational benefits: hydro-excavation capability, camera deployment, and a debris-collection system that avoids confined-space shoveling. Arolin said the city's current jet truck is 38 years old, has limited capability and that parts are increasingly unavailable. The new unit would enable more in-house storm-line and sanitary maintenance and support a forthcoming stormwater master-plan remediation phase.
Council asked about plans for the old truck; staff said no final disposal plan has been approved and that the vehicle might be kept as a backup through the year because of upcoming events that use city services. Barnett said staff would return with financing options and additional details before final purchase decisions.
