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Seward County approves $564,600 purchase of two trash trucks and bodies
Summary
Commission approved bids to replace two landfill trash trucks: $316,000 for two chassis from Liberal Truck Center and $124,300 per trash body from Southwest Equipment, for a total contract value of $564,600 to be paid from the waste-haul mobile equipment fund.
Seward County commissioners approved bids to purchase two replacement trash trucks for the county landfill, with funding drawn from the waste-haul mobile equipment account.
Brock Thiner, representing the county landfill, presented two bids for chassis and explained body fabrication timelines and surcharges. Liberal Truck Center submitted chassis bids that totaled $316,000 for two cabin chassis (including estimated surcharges); Southwest Equipment quoted $124,300 per trash body. Thiner recommended awarding the chassis to Liberal Truck Center and the bodies to Southwest Equipment and requested special checks be issued at delivery and at completion of fabrication.
"The total of the trucks, trash bodies and all, be $564,600, and we'd pay that out of the waste haul mobile equipment," Thiner said.
Why it matters: The purchase replaces older trucks that Thiner said are about 5'6 years old with mileage approaching 500,000 and will maintain landfill collection operations.
Commission discussion addressed delivery windows and surcharges. Thiner said both chassis bidders quoted 75-day delivery, with Southwest Equipment estimating 120 days to fabricate bodies once chassis arrive. He said missing a quoted window could increase surcharges.
Motion and action: A motion to accept the bid from Liberal Truck Center for $316,000 for two cabin chassis and to accept the bid from Southwest Equipment for two trash bodies at $124,300 each was moved and seconded; the motion was approved by the commission. Commissioners discussed selling the older trucks through county auction or an online auction after assessing the backup fleet.
Funding: The purchase will be paid from the waste-haul mobile equipment line (account referenced in the packet as 269-000-5486 mobile equipment).
Ending: Thiner will coordinate delivery and request special checks as trucks and bodies are delivered and fabricated; no further action was taken at the meeting.
