The Public Works Department would like to apply to the Minnesota OSHA Safety Grant Program to purchase an utility locator tool vLoc3-Pro for locating buried utilities. The Safety Grant Program awards funds up to $10,000 to qualifying employers for projects designed to reduce the risk of injury and illness to their workers. The utility locator is instrumental in ensuring proper location of underground buried utilities and the safety of those who must dig around them. 

The cost estimate received from Utility Logic, Inc., for the vLoc3-Pro and accessories (including a two year data plan), is $12,207.

The MN OSHA Safety Grant Program requires a 1:1 match which will be covered 25% from the sanitary sewer fund and 25% from the storm drainage fund.