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Bow DPW reports heavy winter work, board authorizes buying two identical Peterbilt plow trucks if warrant passes
Summary
Public works Director Tim Sweeney told the Board of Selectmen that crews handled 25 winter events and the department used large quantities of salt and diesel; the board voted to authorize purchasing two identical Peterbilt plow trucks — contingent on a successful town-warrant vote next week.
Tim Sweeney, director of the town Department of Public Works, told the Board of Selectmen on March 4 that his crews handled 25 winter weather events this season and that the department has been operating short-staffed.
Sweeney said the department used about 3,000 cubic yards of a salt-and-sand mix, purchased 1,280 tons of salt at $75.90 a ton (which he said totaled “about approximately a hundred thousand dollars”) and that the DPW estimate shows roughly $70,000 remaining in the winter account. He also said DPW trucks consumed a large volume of diesel in February…
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