Walker County commissioners approve series of equipment purchases, fuel contract and office equipment

Walker County Commissioners Court on Feb. 24 approved a set of purchases and a fuel contract, including a wireless equipment upgrade for the JP 2 location, a Dodge Ram purchase, a copier, a 48 kW Kohler generator for Road & Bridge, and the selection of Navasota Oil to supply gasoline and ultra-low diesel.

The bulk of those items were handled as separate agenda items after the consent agenda passed. County staff described the JP 2 wireless upgrade as matching equipment at JP 3 and requiring a 50% vendor deposit; the project will repurpose some existing equipment to another county connection. A motion to approve the purchase passed.

The court approved the purchase of a 2025 Dodge Ram crew cab (agenda item 18), which the backup materials list as $550,100 and said would be procured using contract 240901. Commissioners then approved a Rycon IM 4,000 copier for JP 2 for $4,397.50 (agenda item 19) and authorized a 48 kW Kohler generator for JP 3 / Road & Bridge 3 from McAfee Electric for $39,004.43 (agenda item 20).

On fuel procurement (agenda item 21), staff presented three bids and described additional delivery fees for under-500-gallon deliveries; the court selected Navasota Oil as the county’s fuel vendor. The…