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Council backs purchase of mobile weights-and-measures trailer to ease gas-station testing
Summary
After a presentation by county inspector Jerry Huss, the council unanimously supported acquiring a Sarafin mobile weights-and-measures unit (three 100-gallon tanks) to replace manual five-gallon-can testing; delivered price cited at $48,747 plus transport; council asked staff to seek funding options and cheaper alternatives.
Marshall County’s weights-and-measures inspector told the county council Nov. 10 that growing numbers and larger designs at local gas stations make the county’s current manual testing method slow and physically demanding. Jerry Huss described a mobile Sarafin trailer unit, certified by the National Weights and Measures organization, that would let staff test pumps without carrying multiple five-gallon cans across stations.
Huss said the unit has three 100-gallon tanks,…
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