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Council amends CIP and approves purchase of two bucket trucks for electric department, waiving competitive bid
Summary
Newark amended its 2025–2029 capital improvement program and authorized purchase of two VersaLift bucket trucks under a Sourcewell cooperative contract for $574,938 to replace high‑hour vehicles used for outages and line maintenance; council also directed sale/auction of the old trucks.
The City of Newark on Oct. 27 approved a budget amendment to the 2025–2029 Capital Improvement Program and authorized the electric department to purchase two VersaLift bucket trucks under a Sourcewell cooperative contract for a total cost of $574,938, waiving the formal bid process in accordance with city code.
Badaz Patel, Electric Director, told council truck 101 is used as the primary…
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