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Prinsburg council agrees to pursue replacement for aging street sweeper
Summary
Mayor Mitch Swart told the council the city's 1999 street sweeper should be replaced; the city budgeted $135,000 while Sioux Sanitation Products quoted $150,000. The council agreed to inspect an available 2020 model and consider purchase.
Mayor Mitch Swart, Mayor of Prinsburg, told the City Council the city’s street sweeper — a 1999 model — is nearing the end of its useful life and that replacement is appropriate.
Swart said the city has budgeted $135,000 for a new machine and that Sioux Sanitation Products quoted $150,000. Council members discussed the advisability of refurbishing an older machine versus buying new and agreed replacement is the prudent option. Swart said he will schedule an inspection of a 2020 model that is currently available and place a hold on it if it remains so.
Council members emphasized the value of keeping equipment current as part of regular maintenance planning. The council did not record a formal purchase vote in the minutes; the next step recorded was the mayor arranging the inspection and potential hold on the 2020 machine.
