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Council approves purchase of three utility-body meter-service trucks with plow packages after heated debate
Summary
Warwick’s Finance Committee debated, and the full council approved, the purchase of three utility-body pickup trucks equipped with plow packages for meter service and storm response at a total cost of $277,816.78.
Warwick’s Finance Committee spent extensive time debating a request from the water division to buy three pickup trucks with utility bodies and winter plow packages for meter service and emergency response. Committee members raised procurement and fiscal concerns, and the item moved to the full council without a committee recommendation. The full council later approved the purchase by roll-call vote.
What was requested: the water division asked to purchase three pickup trucks with utility bodies and plow packages through the State Master Price Agreement (MPA). The procurement price presented at committee was $277,816.78 for the three vehicles.
Points of contention: several council members questioned whether utility vans…
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