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Ada County approves equipment purchases and a leachate-treatment system to reduce landfill operating costs
Summary
Commissioners authorized contracts that will add heavy equipment to right-size the landfill fleet and install on-site leachate evaporation units expected to cut annual operations and maintenance costs.
Ada County commissioners authorized a package of agreements on Dec. 3 that includes replacement heavy equipment for county operations and a contract to install on-site leachate evaporation units at the county landfill.
The agreements approved by the board included purchases of John Deere units (grader, articulated dump truck, 850 dozer, excavator) and a smooth roller (referred to in the meeting as a "ham roller") that county staff said are part of a fleet right-sizing initiative carried in the FY25 budget. Staff told commissioners buying through the identified vendor would save roughly $843,000 versus an alternate vendor analysis…
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