Mozingo to update golf car fleet
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These 2021 Drive2 QuieTech golf cars currently in use at Mozingo, pictured when they arrived in January 2022, will be replaced starting in January 2026 with the 2025 models.
MARYVILLE, Mo. — The Maryville City Council on Monday approved two agreements to upgrade the golf car fleet at Mozingo Lake Recreation Park.
During a relatively light regular meeting on Monday, the council approved a new lease with Masek Golf Car Company to update Mozingo’s 75 golf cars to the latest Drive2 QuieTech model from the 2021 version. The $399,744 agreement will run for four years beginning in January 2026, at the expiration of the current agreement. The deal is for 75 cars, including five utility cars, three maintenance cars, one range picker and one beverage car.
Golf ‘car’ or golf ‘cart?’
Among the lexically casual, “golf cart” is the commonly used term that refers to the typical four-wheeled vehicle that totes golfers between holes on a golf course. However, according to golf industry parlance, a “car” is a vehicle that is self-propelled, while a “cart,” which can be used to hold clubs or other belongings and be pushed or pulled along with a golfer, is not self-propelled. In documents used by manufacturers in the golf industry, like the one in this story, the terms are distinct in order to avoid confusion — to a debatable degree of success.
The QuieTech model was chosen chiefly because it is about as quiet as an electric golf car, Mozingo Director Jordyn Greenhaw told the council, along with the fact that staff and customers have largely been satisfied by the vehicles and the company over the course of the expiring four-year lease.
The GPS systems in the cars will be switched, though. Greenhaw said that the current system in use, iPar, is not user-friendly and has proven unreliable.
During Monday’s meeting, the council also approved a $190,800 lease with Yamaha for OEM YamaTrack GPS units for the golf cars at Mozingo.
The OEM model will provide much more functionality than the iPar as well, Greenhaw said, including Bluetooth connectivity and speakers, and two-way messaging that will allow golfers to contact the pro shop for assistance, like requesting the beverage car or reporting mechanical issues. From the pro shop, staff will be able to monitor pace of play and send messages.
Other City Council notes
- The council approved an $11,348.21 agreement with Fluid Equipment to rebuild a 14-horsepower Flygt submersible pump for the Maryville Water Treatment Plant.
- Council members passed a resolution in support of the Excel Development Group’s application to the Missouri Housing Development Commission for housing tax credits and financing for the group’s Maryville Meadows Phase II housing project. The company estimates the project at around $15 million to be located on approximately 2.37 acres next to the existing Phase I at 324 E. Summit Drive. The project will add a three-story building with a total of 40 family-oriented units with varied floorplans of two and three bedrooms. Rental options will be structured to accommodate families earning between 30 percent and 60 percent of the area median income, as well as those seeking market-rate housing, the company said.
- The council approved an application from Maryville High School to hold the annual MHS Homecoming Parade from noon to 2:30 p.m. on Sept. 26.
