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Carter County commissioners approve new 4-wheeler and side-by-side with spray unit
Summary
Commissioners approved county staff purchases of a new 4-wheeler and a side-by-side vehicle with a custom sprayer, citing improved durability and lower-than-budgeted quotes; the motion passed with unanimous voice votes and no public comment.
Carter County commissioners voted to approve the purchase of a new 4-wheeler and a side-by-side vehicle fitted with a spray unit after staff reported the upgrades would cost roughly $35,000, below the $45,000 originally budgeted.
The equipment presentation was led by the staff presenter (identified in the transcript as speaker 2), who said the new side-by-side models have a single-pump sprayer setup that reduces field maintenance compared with older two-pump systems. He told the commission the 2015 model in the fleet would be declared obsolete and auctioned.
Chair (speaker 1) moved to purchase the units as described; a colleague (speaker 4) seconded the motion. The chair called for public comment and, receiving none, asked for the ayes. Commissioners verbally registered their support and the motion carried.
Staff indicated the purchases would be funded from the county's equipment grant/object codes rather than general levy funds; the transcript records discussion of a $7,500 grant that is accounted as its own object code and separate from the equipment grant fund.
The county also discussed minor installation costs, including a roughly $350 charge for a switch box and wiring for the sprayer unit; staff said the sprayer frames will be custom-built and may not be available until the following year.
The commission concluded the agenda item with a formal approval recorded on the meeting minutes.
