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Commissioners waive purchasing rules, authorize purchase and warranty for failing sewage grinder
Summary
The board agreed to waive competitive procurement rules and approved replacement of a county sewage grinder and a possible extended warranty of up to $4,000 after officials reported repeated failures and a recent backup that caused sewage overflow into a jail booking area.
Belknap County commissioners voted to waive purchasing requirements and allow a direct purchase of a replacement sewage grinder the county uses to grind wastewater from the jail and adjoining correction center, and they authorized staff to buy an extended warranty up to $4,000 if available.
John Bosse (staff member) described repeated failures of the grinder unit and the urgency for replacement. He said the unit "runs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week" and that the unit is designed to grind anything coming from the jail and community corrections…
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