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Commissioners approve lease‑purchase of paving equipment and direct staff to proceed with in‑house road assessment
Summary
The board approved financing to acquire paving equipment through a lease‑to‑own agreement (approx. $820,933.50, APR 4.93%) funded from T‑SPLOST and directed staff to research extended‑warranty options. Separately, the board opted to perform a county road pavement assessment in‑house rather than accept a $45,000 EMC task order.
The Meriwether County Board on Oct. 28 authorized staff to proceed with a lease‑purchase plan to acquire paving equipment and approved a direction to perform the countywide pavement assessment in‑house rather than contracting EMC Engineering for $45,000.
County staff presented a financing offer from Republic First National for $820,933.50 to purchase equipment from Reynolds Warren under a lease‑to‑own agreement with an APR…
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