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City weighs repair or quick replacement for aging water-repair truck
Summary
A 25-year-old water repair truck has been out of service while staff await an electronic control module; staff ordered a replacement module and said it should arrive at the end of the week, and council discussed dealer trade, financing and budget options if the part fails.
Public works staff told the council water repair truck #69, a roughly 25-year-old vehicle with PTO-driven pumps and a generator, has been out of service for about a month because the electronic control module (ECM) is unavailable locally. Staff reported an ECM was found online and is expected to arrive by the end of the week; if it does not work, staff described options to purchase a late-model replacement on short notice and to finance that purchase through dealer financing.
Council discussed using surplus budgets or the utility's surcharge fund to cover a purchase and asked staff to gather price and financing quotes. Staff emphasized the truck's age and unique upfit complicate a simple enterprise lease replacement; they also noted a recent trade option with a unit described as a 2024 vehicle with roughly 12,000 miles.
