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Committee authorizes $1,357.72 to cover bulldozer parts and service; discusses future rehab plan with selectmen
Summary
The Forestry Committee authorized payment of $1,357.72 for parts and service to Napa Auto Parts and Inglis Auto Repair for an out-of-service bulldozer; members discussed seeking a selectmen agreement to rehabilitate the dozer from Forestry Funds and to return rehab costs to the Forestry Fund if the machine is later sold.
The Danville Forestry Committee voted to authorize payment of $1,357.72 from the Forestry Fund to cover two invoices for parts and service on a bulldozer currently at the Town Garage. The motion was made by Vice Chair Chip Current and seconded by Chair Carsten Springer; the minutes record the motion at 7:55 and record the vote as 'All in favor' at 8:27.
Minutes state the dozer needs repairs before it is operational and that the Town has incurred invoices totaling $1,357.72 for evaluation work; those invoices were listed as unpaid and attached to the minutes. The two vendors named in the motion are Napa Auto Parts and Inglis Auto Repair.
Following the authorization, the committee discussed approaching the selectmen for a mutually beneficial agreement in which Forestry would attempt to repair the machine using Forestry Funds rather than general taxpayer funds, keep detailed records of rehabilitation expenses, and if the town later sold the dozer the amounts used to rehabilitate it would be returned to the Forestry Fund while any excess sale proceeds would go to the Town General Fund. The minutes do not record a final agreement with the selectmen; they record the committee’s intent to raise the matter with that body.
