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City manager: street sweeper limited by compacted gutters; grant sought for brush attachments and hauling costs are substantial
Summary
Staff described mechanical limits of the new street sweeper when faced with compacted leaves and mud, outlined a grant application to add a bobcat with brush attachments, and warned cleanup of heavily dumped alleys will require trucks and landfill fees estimated at roughly $90 per ton.
City staff described operational limits of the city’s street sweeper and a pending grant application for a front‑loader or bobcat with brush attachments to loosen compacted leaves and mud that the sweeper cannot vacuum effectively. "If we can get this other unit where they can run this unit down the street and they have much stronger bristles and that turnover motion would brush the leaves and mud and stuff, loosen it up so that when a street…
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