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Soddy‑Daisy approves mower purchase, orders three police vehicles and funds school‑zone engineering study
Summary
Facing shortages of used equipment, the board approved using part of a budgeted bucket‑truck allocation to buy a $17,041.72 mower, authorized ordering three fully equipped police vehicles for $141,000 (delivery after July 1), and approved a $6,870 private engineering study for school zones required before installing automated cameras.
Public Works Director Grant told the board on March 16 that the city cannot find a suitable used bucket truck to replace the 1998 model and requested using a portion of the $80,000 budgeted bucket‑truck funds to buy a second mower for the north end at $17,041.72; Vice‑Mayor Coleman moved and Commissioner…
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