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Selectboard approves $81,000 mini excavator purchase from John Deere with trade-in
Summary
Williamstown approved purchasing a mini excavator from John Deere for $81,000, applying a $10,000 trade-in of the town backhoe and obtaining a $4,000 waiver of rental fees, per minutes of the Aug. 12 meeting.
The Williamstown Selectboard approved the purchase of a mini excavator from John Deere for $81,000 at its Aug. 12 meeting. Clayton Woodworth moved to approve the purchase and Tyler Mitchell seconded; the minutes record the motion carried and list the purchase terms: a $10,000 trade-in of the town’s backhoe toward the purchase price and a $4,000 rental-fee waiver from John Deere.
The minutes do not record a formal roll-call vote, but the motion is recorded as carried. The minutes provide the purchase price and trade-in amount but do not specify delivery date, funding source in the town budget, or replacement/retirement plans for the traded backhoe; those details were not included in the minutes attached to the report.
