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Drainage board authorizes trade negotiations to get long‑reach excavator for surveyor
Summary
Warrick County drainage board authorized staff to investigate trading a recently purchased ditch machine toward a long‑reach excavator after the new county surveyor said the current unit is unsuitable for legal drain work; staff were directed to return with best proposals.
Sherry Severs, purchasing, told the Warrick County Drainage Board that the county’s recently purchased 2023 FT516 ditch machine is not suited to the needs of the county surveyor and that staff have identified a 2023 Case CX220E long‑reach excavator available on trade.
Severs said the tractor was purchased at the request of Dennis Wilsbacher but the new surveyor, Mr. Spinks, reported the machine’s 9‑foot reach is insufficient for clearing medium‑to‑large legal drains. Severs said she convened highway foremen and highway superintendents to identify what equipment is actually needed and that highway staff recommended a tracked long‑reach excavator with a reach around 30 feet (she noted some machines can reach up…
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