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Commissioners approve sealed-bid process to sell surplus highway equipment; chip-seal program and new equipment incoming

Gibson County Commissioners · February 18, 2026
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Highway officials will solicit sealed bids from interested counties for surplus equipment with an $85,000 per-unit reserve; commissioners also reviewed incoming chip-seal and distributor equipment and a planned crumb-rubber crack-seal program.

Highway Department superintendent Matt Holden told commissioners the county will receive new chip boxes and a distributor truck and suggested selling older equipment to other counties via sealed bids, proposing an $85,000 reserve per piece. Holden said Indiana code allows county-to-county sales of government…

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