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Worth County discusses buying used Durapatcher, coordinating equipment sharing and city road work
Summary
County roads staff told supervisors a Northwood Durapatcher is available for purchase and proposed selling the county’s current machine to Mitchell County; supervisors also discussed coordinating maintenance on a city-owned first mile of a road near the airport.
Worth County Board of Supervisors discussed purchasing a used Durapatcher from Northwood and selling the county’s current unit to Mitchell County during their meeting; roads staff said the seller offered the machine “around $16.05,” a figure that appears incomplete in the record.
The discussion focused on replacing the county’s shared Durapatcher with a less-used machine from Northwood. A roads department staff member said the county could buy the Northwood unit and then sell the machine the county originally purchased to Mitchell County. The staff member added the seller is “willing to sell it to us for, I think, around $16.05.”
Why it matters: the Durapatcher is used for pavement maintenance on lower-volume roads; swapping machines and changing sharing arrangements affects maintenance schedules and budgets in Worth County and neighboring Mitchell County.
Roads staff said the county would continue to share equipment where it makes sense and that the county could budget for the purchase. Supervisors discussed that Northwood plans to rent a joint sealer as needed after selling their machine and noted the county’s machine is more used than the Northwood unit.
Supervisors also raised a separate but related maintenance issue: the first mile of a paved road near the airport is within city limits but the county has been maintaining it. A roads staff member said the pavement is oxidized and pitted and that the city official they spoke with may pursue work on that section; supervisors agreed they should coordinate if the city proceeds so county and city work are compatible. No formal vote or binding direction was recorded on the Durapatcher purchase or on coordinating with the city; the roads staff member said they would “get the ball rolling” if supervisors were agreeable.
The transcript records the quoted purchase price as “around $16.05.” The record does not specify whether that figure represents $16.05, $16,050, or another dollar amount; the exact purchase price and final appropriation were not specified during the meeting.
