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Resident updates council on purchase plan for automated garbage truck budgeted at about $40,000
Summary
Kevin Taylor told the council July 16 that the town’s budget includes funding for a new automated garbage truck and that he identified a dealer in Mebane with an available unit; he requested council approval to complete the purchase.
During the public comment period July 16, resident Kevin Taylor updated the council on the town’s budgeted purchase of a new automated garbage truck. Taylor said the council had budgeted approximately $40,000 for the truck and that he had located a dealer in Mebane who previously sold the town its last new truck and currently had a ready unit, which could reduce lead time to roughly three to four weeks.
Taylor described the truck as automated, enabling single‑person operation that will use lift automation for standard trash cans and said he obtained other quotes that were higher. He asked the council for approval to proceed with the purchase, and Mayor and council members thanked him and encouraged him to move forward with the procurement subject to normal purchasing rules and council approval.
No formal council motion to authorize purchase was recorded in the transcript during public comment, but Taylor said he would proceed with the purchase with council approval expressed verbally during the exchange.
