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Council approves consensus purchase of used pickup to support water operations
Summary
Council members agreed by consensus to proceed with purchase of a used 1.5-ton single-cab pickup (about $27,000), funding $20,000 from an unspent vac-truck line and $7,000 from the Public Works equipment allocation; no formal roll-call vote was recorded.
Councilman Ellis proposed authorizing purchase of a used 1.5-ton single-cab pickup truck with a pre-installed toolbox in Boise, Idaho, at approximately $27,000 to replace a town ¾-ton pickup that is failing and functionally inadequate. He proposed funding $20,000 from the vac-truck line item (budgeted but not yet spent this fiscal year) and $7,000 from the Public Works equipment allocation assigned to the Public Works Director.
The council discussed the truck's daily utility for the water team and confirmed it would not be used for plowing; members noted the town's water truck is currently disassembled and out of service. There were no objections to the expenditure and Mayor Rok confirmed the council's consensus to proceed with the purchase.
No formal roll-call vote was recorded during the work session; the decision was reached by council consensus during the amended-agenda discussion.
