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City vehicles & equipment

The big things the city buys to plow snow, fight fires, and maintain roads and parks: fire trucks, plow trucks, tractors, mowers, and attachments. For each one, here's what the council agreed to pay, who sold it, the equipment added to it, and a link to the original paperwork, read straight from the meeting where it was bought.

How to read these. The headline is the purchase: the price the council approved. Equipment added later (a plow, a dump box) and repair parts are listed separately, and a trade-in is a credit. We don't add everything into one “lifetime cost” number, because the records often state a total and its parts, which would double-count. 13 of 13 have a confirmed price in the record. Figures are auto-extracted from council packets and not yet hand-verified. Follow the source link to check any number.

Fire & rescue

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rescue pumper truck

$514,090, contract

2026 Ford F750 · 2025-10-14 · Res 2025-96

Bought from Custom Fire Apparatus, Inc.

of which $95,387 prepaid

Funding: Packet RCA states the purchase was bond-funded: "The City Council has previously approved the sales of bonds for the purchase and prepayment of a rescue pumper truck for the fire department."

The provided slices show the contract total ($514,090.00) and the chassis progress payment/prepayment ($95,387.00), but do not include any later repair bills/parts or any retirement/trade-in/auction credits for this vehicle.

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Replacement Tanker/Tender (E-One Pumper/Tanker)

authorized up to $600,000, authorized ceiling

E-One Pumper/Tanker · 2021-07-13

Bought from Fire Safety USA/REV Group

Funding: "This is a tax-exempt, municipal government lease purchase with the title to the property passing to Lessee."

The provided slices authorize spending up to $600,000 and include a REV Financial Services financing quote, but they do not show an executed purchase contract/firm purchase price, any deposits, added-equipment invoices, repair/parts bills, or any disposal/trade-in credit for the vehicle.

Stock Pumper #16140

$256,390, approved price

· unit 16140 · 2013-03-12

Bought from Rosenbauer South Dakota LLC

of which $500 prepaid

  • + $63.90 Fire equipment supplies (not specified as part/replacement) (Rosenbauer South Dakota LLC)source p.59
  • + $77.02 Magnetic Door Switch (ROSENBAUER)source p.32

Funding: "Bruce Kimmel gave a quick overview of proposed GO Equipment Certificates in the amount of $165,000 to purchase a new Fire Engine. With this proposal, the City would contribute $100,000 towards the purchase of the $256,890 Fire Engine and bond for the remaining balance."

The slices provided show one stated total purchase amount and a separate deposit for Unit #16140, plus later Rosenbauer-related expenses; no retirement/trade-in/auction credit for this unit appears in the provided slices.

Public works

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2025 Bobcat Tool cat

$69,114.11

purchase + equipment

2025 Bobcat Tool cat · 2026-01-13 · Res 2026-09

Bought from Crawford's Equipment, Inc.

  • Base purchase (Crawford's Equipment, Inc.)$67,914.11source p.40
  • Rhino lining (authorized not to exceed)$1,200source p.57
  • $17,000 Trade-in value accepted for the current equipment (related to purchase approval of the 2025 Bobcat Tool Cat)source p.7

Funding: SOURCE OF FUNDING: 2025 Go Bond for Equipment

The provided record slices state the purchase total and authorize a rhino lining (not-to-exceed) and trade-in credit, but they do not show an actual invoice/paid amount for the rhino lining, any extended-warranty charge, deposits, or later repair/parts/disposal proceeds for this specific 2025 Toolcat.

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Bobcat snowblower attachment authorization

authorized up to $7,000, authorized ceiling

Bobcat 5600 high flow Toolcat · 2023-12-12 · Res 2023-73

Funding: Funds for this purchase will come from 404-45404-510 "capital park fund".

The record authorizes a snowblower attachment for the Bobcat at an estimated amount not to exceed $7,000. The packet includes competing quote material, but no final paid invoice or clearly accepted quote is in the extracted record.

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2023 Chevy Silverado Truck

authorized up to $120,000, authorized ceiling

2023 Chevy Silverado · 2023-03-14 · Res 2023-14

Bought from Stillwater Motors

of which $500 prepaid

Funding: Funding for this truck and accessories will come from the Equipment Replacement Fund.

The provided record slices authorize a not-to-exceed total and mention a refundable deposit and intended accessory vendors, but they do not include a final invoice/contract purchase price, itemized accessory costs, repair/parts bills, or any trade-in/auction credit for retirement.

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Snow blower attachment for the skid loader (CAT SR121)

$8,600, state-contract quote

CAT SR121 · 2022-11-10

Bought from Ziegler CAT

Funding: SOURCE OF FUNDING: We would move funds from our revenue fund 100-36230 "contribution and donations" to 701-43110-580 "equipment replacement fund" to make this purchase.

The provided record slices include a not-to-exceed total and a vendor quotation for $8,600.00, but do not show a finalized resolution number, purchase order/contract, payment record for the blower itself, or any later repair/disposal credit tied to this attachment.

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2023 Mack Granite 64FR(T) tandem-axle plow truck

$281,887.16

purchase + equipment

2023 Mack Granite 64FR(T) · 2022-02-08

Bought from Nuss Truck and Equipment

  • Base purchase (Nuss Truck and Equipment)$142,665.16source p.43
  • Associated snow and ice control accessory equipment (Towmaster quotation) (Towmaster)$139,222source p.44

Funding: Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) equipment funds.

One truck, not two. The cab & chassis (Nuss Truck & Equipment, State Contract T647) and the Towmaster snow/ice equipment were bought and paid for separately but make up one truck. An earlier 2021 quote for this same truck (chassis $126,010 + box $117,843 = $243,853) was superseded when supply-chain delays pushed it to a 2023 model and prices rose; it was re-approved Feb 8, 2022. No separate paid invoice appears in the record (ordered for ~March 30, 2023 delivery).

1997 Chevy 4x4 1 ton

$6,275, approved price

1997 Chevy · 2016-08-10

Bought from Greg Tinsley

The provided record slices only state the $6,275 bid approval to purchase this 1997 Chevy 4x4 1 ton and do not show any deposit, added equipment, repairs/parts, or disposal/trade-in credit for this vehicle.

2017 Ford 550

$74,366, approved price

2017 Ford 550 · 2016-06-14

Bought from Boyer Ford

The provided record slices include a council motion stating the acquisition components and total ($74,366.00) but do not include any deposit/prepayment, later repairs/parts, or disposal/trade-in/auction credits for this specific 2017 Ford 550.

2016 F-550 Chassis XL

$50,025, approved price

2016 Ford F-550 Chassis XL · 2016-05-10

Bought from Boyer Ford

The provided record slices show the council-approved chassis purchase price and vendor but do not state any deposit/prepayment, added equipment (box/plow), repair/parts costs, or disposal/trade-in/auction credit for this vehicle.

Parks

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used 2011 Toro 4100 production lawn mower

$31,000, state-contract quote

2011 Toro 4100 · 2022-05-12 · Res 2022-20

Bought from MTI

Funding: "The $31,000 in funds for this purchase are to be drawn from 701- 47701-580"

The provided record slices show the MTI quote/total for the used 2011 Toro 4100 and the funding account, but they do not show any deposit/prepayment, later repair/parts bills, or any trade-in/auction proceeds tied to this mower.

mower 001

authorized up to $16,000, authorized ceiling

· unit 001 · 2011-05-12

Bought from K-Bid

The provided records only authorize pursuing the purchase (not-to-exceed $16,000) and do not show an actual purchase price paid, deposit/prepayment, added equipment, repairs/parts, or any disposal/trade-in credit for mower 001.

Anchored on the council vote or agenda item that bought each vehicle, then widened to other meetings only by a tight identity (a unit number, or make + model) so a repair bill for one truck never lands on another. Every figure links to the record it came from.