Alva approves five-year lease for Pelican street sweeper; utility authority amends budget and OKs HERCO vacuum lease; two resolutions die

The Alva City Council voted to approve a five‑year lease‑purchase for a 2017 Pelican dual street sweeper with annual payments of $40,367.72, totaling $175,000, and authorized the mayor or city business manager to sign required paperwork.

The action came alongside separate approvals by the Alva Utility Authority to amend its fiscal‑year budget to account for a lease payment and to approve a three‑year lease‑purchase of a HERCO Technologies VAC‑600 vacuum unit with annual payments of $35,720.57 (total $98,190.87). Two other equipment lease resolutions on the agenda received no motions and therefore died.

Why it matters: The approvals add planned equipment to city and utility fleets and adjust the utility authority’s budget to cover lease costs. Officials discussed lender and term options for the street sweeper, and the utility authority recorded a small budget amendment tied to the hydro/vac lease.

Council vote on Pelican street sweeper Councilmember Bellman moved to approve the lease‑purchase of the 2017 Pelican dual street sweeper on an…