By Sara QuamThe city of Luverne is outlining its next five years of major capital expenditures to be included in annual budgets.The costs aren’t final, but much of the budget work will be done this summer, with final approval in December.In 2007, the city is planning to spend: In public works — a new tandem truck with a 10-yard plow box will cost $120,000. It replaces a 6-yard box that has only a single axle. The older model will be used by the wastewater department. The new truck will be used in the summer to haul gravel and blacktop and will haul snow from the plows in the winter. Public works is also purchasing a new stump grinder for $10,500.In the parks department — the standard $6,000 on new equipment will be spent. Also in parks, the city is purchasing a $30,000 mower with a 6-foot deck mower that adapts to become a snowblower. The existing mower will be traded in, so the actual cost will be lower. City workers are responsible for mowing about 200 acres.In the library — automation equipment will cost $5,000.In the pool and fitness center — popular cardio machines will be replaced for $10,000. A new standing tanning bed will cost $10,500.In administration — a copier will cost $10,000 (City Hall makes about 20,000 copies per month). The city is planning to start digitally scanning documents that are now paper-only files for a cost of $6,000 in 2007.In the water department — the city is buying a $30,000 pickup and developing new wells for a cost of $132,000. For water distribution, the city is buying a half-ton truck for $20,000, upgrading systems for $40,000, putting $40,000 toward an automatic meter reading system that will eventually be used, and $40,000 for water main looping. Sewage collection — will also put $40,000 toward automatic meter reading, will spend $50,000 for sewer line replacement, will spend $20,000 for a half-ton truck (to be shared with the water department), will spend $12,000 for equipment updates and will spend $34,500 for a sewer jetter.In the electric department — the city is spending $40,000 on a 1 1/2-ton flatbed truck, $150,000 on distribution system upgrades, $127,800 toward the automatic meter reading system, and $125,000 to replace a three-fuse system with a breaker-like system that will be faster to fix in the case of a substation outage such as the city recently experienced. Other capital improvements in the electrical department bring the total to $519,800 in 2007.In the refuse department — the city is replacing a three-quarter-ton pickup that is driven each day for recycling routes at a cost of $15,500. In data processing — the city is spending $90,000 for various phone, imaging, software, server and printers being updated or purchased for the first time. This year the city spent $10,000 on data processing and plans to spend about $30,000 in 2008.