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Pecos council authorizes $1.2 million landfill scraper after equipment failures
Summary
Council approved a resolution authorizing the city manager to enter a purchase agreement for a Caterpillar 623 tractor-scraper at $1,203,120 to replace a John Deere unit that failed in local landfill conditions; staff said the purchase will use roughly $240,000–$300,000 in landfill fund balance and that current cells have about 8–9 years of remaining life for type 1 waste.
The Pecos City Council approved a resolution authorizing the city manager to enter a purchase agreement with Warren Cat for a Caterpillar 623 wheel tractor-scraper priced at $1,203,120 for the sanitation department.
Pedro Morales, sanitation supervisor, told the council the John Deere scraper the city had been operating is "not suitable for landfill conditions," citing bucket-gate and sealing failures in the powdery, pottery-like soil at the site; staff returned the John Deere unit to…
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