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Story County approves ordering wheeled excavator after repeated repairs to aging machine
Summary
Supervisors voted to approve ordering a new wheeled excavator to be paid out of the fiscal 2026 budget after staff described multiple large repairs and a five-month lead time. Payment will likely fall in FY26; staff said the county can still use an older bucket until delivery.
Story County supervisors voted Feb. 4 to approve ordering a new wheeled excavator that county staff said is needed after repeated major repairs to the current machine.
County staff member Darren Moon told the board his department’s current John Deere excavator is about 14 years old and has been heavily used year-round. “We have had two $20,000 repairs in the last two years,” Moon said, and the machine recently…
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