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Pope County discusses leasing road graders to curb maintenance costs, staff to provide numbers
Summary
Court considered joining a pilot to lease five road graders (70–100 hours/month) under a deal where Riggs Caterpillar performs maintenance; officials said the swap could yield about $264,611.96 in proceeds and a net of roughly $130,000 after paying off one machine, but members asked for detailed savings projections.
Judge Ben Cross and staff presented a proposal to pilot a return to leasing road graders instead of purchasing them. Under the outline presented, the county would lease five graders on a fixed hourly basis (a contract window of 70–100 hours per machine per month), with maintenance handled by the vendor Riggs…
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