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Finance committee approves request to buy replacement vacuum truck, funding from gas-tax fund
Summary
The Homewood City finance committee approved a $283,000 transfer request to buy a 2024-model replacement vacuum truck, to be funded from the city's gas-tax fund. The vehicle will replace older three-person units and is intended for street and gutter vacuuming.
The Homewood City finance committee voted Feb. 3 to approve a request to transfer funds to purchase a replacement vacuum truck, a 2024-model multipurpose unit that will replace two older three-person vacuum trucks.
Public-works presenter Mister Squires said the city's remaining vacuum trucks are older models (he referenced '97 models') and that a neighboring municipality had canceled its order, making a brand-new 2024 truck available. Squires described the unit as a one-person-operated vacuum truck with the same engine and transmission the city uses and a 100,000-mile warranty.
Committee members discussed the truck's role in street and gutter cleaning and how it differs from the street sweeper. Squires and staff said the new vehicle would allow vacuuming of items the sweeper cannot pick up and would reduce the crew needed on some operations.
Finance staff said the appropriation would come from the city's gas-tax fund. The committee approved a transfer of approximately $283,000 to purchase the truck; a motion to approve the transfer was made, seconded and recorded as approved 4-0 to go to the full council on Monday night.
Why it matters: the replacement would remove aging equipment from the fleet and reduce crew requirements for some street-maintenance tasks, and the purchase will use restricted transportation revenue.
