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Committee approves budget amendment to buy two highway trucks after vendor delays leave fleet at risk
Summary
Marathon County's Infrastructure Committee on Oct. 2 unanimously approved a resolution to amend the 2025 highway budget to buy two ready-built snowplow trucks, funded from fund balance; the highway department reported four trucks on back order that will not arrive before winter.
The Marathon County Infrastructure Committee on Oct. 2 approved a resolution amending the 2025 highway budget to purchase two snowplow trucks that can be put into service before winter, funding the purchases with transfers from fund balance.
Kevin of the county highway department told the committee the department has an aging fleet and that, because truck builders are behind schedule, four replacement trucks already ordered are now scheduled for delivery in March–May of next year and will not be available for the upcoming plow season. “We’re not gonna have these four trucks in service for this upcoming plow season,” Kevin said.
Kevin said the department tracked down two ready-built trucks…
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