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Council to rent replacement while deciding on new 60‑foot bucket truck purchase
Summary
City staff told council the municipality’s 60‑foot bucket truck can no longer receive manufacturer dielectric certification required for live‑wire work. Council agreed to rent a truck short term and to consider purchase during upcoming appropriations; a final decision was tabled pending budget and clarification on who will maintain new 70‑foot poles.
City staff told the Oglesby City Council that the municipality’s 60‑foot bucket truck can no longer be certified by the manufacturer for dielectric testing — a certification OSHA requires for live‑line work — because the manufacturer no longer performs those tests on trucks of that age.
The city’s highest‑reaching truck now must be used only on de‑energized lines for work that would otherwise require workers to…
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