County fleet procurement ran into higher pricing and scheduling delays.

Speaker 6 notified the board that Henderson Trucks’ Freightliner representative has issued a chassis price increase of $4,164 for a county truck the board previously encumbered. Speaker 6 said, “their Freightliner rep has, thrown us a chassis price increase of $4,164 for the truck that we have a motion for,” and explained half that increase ($2,082) will be applied to the truck encumbered in the current year while the other half will be charged to a truck to be received in 2025.

Staff and commissioners discussed options to update purchase orders or accept the increase. Speaker 6 said deliveries are now expected later in 2025 because of shortages of Allison transmissions and chassis availability; he advised the board that Henderson will host a pre-build meeting when chassis arrive.

No formal policy vote on the price increase was recorded at the meeting; Speaker 6 said he will coordinate with county purchasing staff to update pricing documents and bring any required contract adjustments back to the commission.