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WHEREAS, this purchase of a new bulldozer will ensure that there is sufficient <br />equipment to operate the indicated landfills when one of the primary bulldozers is out of <br />service due to repairs or maintenance requirements; and <br />WHEREAS, this bulldozer will be used to facilitate the Hilo landfill sliverfill project <br />to extend the landfill's useful life; and <br />WHEREAS, this bulldozer will be purchased on a five (5) year lease -to -own <br />contract with a minimum six (6) month warranty on the bulldozer, a three (3) year <br />warranty on the power train, and includes the interest over five years with no balloon <br />payment; and <br />WHEREAS, the cost of the new bulldozer is expected not to exceed $800,000; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, the rental of the privately owned D8 bulldozer shall cease on <br />December 31, 2010; now, therefore, <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that the <br />Mayor is hereby authorized to enter into a five (5) year lease -to -own agreement for the <br />acquisition of one (1) D8 Waste Handler Series Bulldozer or equivalent, for solid waste <br />operations at the Hilo and Pu`uanahulu Landfills, and that sufficient funds be budgeted <br />in future fiscal years to cover the anticipated obligations of the County under the terms <br />of the agreement. <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that effective December 31, 2010, the County <br />shall terminate the rental of the privately owned D8 bulldozer utilized at the Hilo Landfill. <br />2 <br />