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Committee approves paying tariffs to Navistar and delays warranty start on partially delivered plow trucks
Summary
Washington County's Public Works Committee voted March 3 to pay chassis invoices — including $3,200-per-truck tariff charges — so vendors are made whole while directing vendors to delay warranty start dates until boxes and plows are installed, citing supply-chain delays and warranty preservation concerns.
Washington County's Public Works Committee voted March 3 to authorize payment to a truck vendor for chassis already in the vendor's possession, including tariff charges, and to ask that warranty start dates be delayed until the missing plow boxes are installed.
The committee discussed a complex procurement split: the county ordered truck chassis from Navistar and separately purchased boxes and plows from a different vendor. Staff said the vendor invoiced $3,200 in tariffs per truck and that each chassis costs…
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