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Council backs buying tractor, keeps 2026 chip-seal plan at $105,000

Beresford City Council · October 31, 2025
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Summary

Council and staff discussed switching from renting a tractor to purchasing one (quoted ~$73,002) to save ongoing rental costs, and agreed to proceed with a $105,000 chip-seal program to cover streets that were deferred in 2025 under a price-hold by Banner.

Street department leaders and staff urged a capital purchase to replace repeated annual tractor rentals. Staff presented a plan to use funds already reserved in the equipment account — a $202,000 equipment allocation that included a planned dump-truck purchase — to buy a 2024 model mower/tractor quoted at…

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