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Board declines parks Kubota purchase after trustees raise questions about add-ons
Summary
Trustees debated a $42,801.14 Kubota RTV purchase for the parks department; trustees asked for details on costly accessories, multiple tabling motions failed, and the final roll call left the proposal defeated.
Trustee Mason brought forward a parks-department purchase of a Kubota RTV through the Sourcewell cooperative for $42,801.14, saying the procurement used a cooperative and represented the lowest available price. Trustee Mueller and Trustee Schaller sought more detail on accessories and final sale pricing, with Mueller asking specifically for a breakdown of add-ons that were "almost doubling the base price of it."
After multiple procedural motions to table and to reconsider, which failed, the motion to approve the purchase was put to a roll call. The clerk recorded split votes and the mayor declared the motion failed; the purchase did not pass at this meeting. Trustees said they would seek additional information from department staff before considering the item again.
