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Council directs staff to return with new/used/lease options after months-long grader debate
Summary
After repeated council debate, members directed city staff to assemble financing and procurement options for a replacement grader — new, used or lease-to-own — and present detailed cost and funding pathways before a final purchase decision.
The Committee of the Whole on July 11 took another step in a months-long debate over replacing aging public-works graders by directing staff to produce specific procurement and financing options for council review.
Councilors and public-works staff described an urgent equipment gap: two of three graders were reported out of service, and the city’s fleet includes machines more than 30 years old. Public-works staff…
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