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Wilkin County OKs $329,829 in highway equipment purchases
Summary
Wilkin County commissioners unanimously approved two state-bid highway purchases Sept. 2: a Tandem Cab and Chassis from Boyer Trucks for $147,702.28 and a Box/Plow/Wing/Sander from Towmaster for $182,127.00, both to be paid by manual warrant.
Wilkin County commissioners on Sept. 2 authorized two major highway equipment purchases under state bid procurement, approving a combined $329,829.28 in expenditures.
On a motion by Commissioner Klindt, seconded by Commissioner Braton and unanimously carried, the board authorized purchase by manual warrant of a Tandem Cab and Chassis from Boyer Trucks of St. Michael, Minnesota, for $147,702.28 and a Box, Plow, Wing and Sander from Towmaster, Inc., for $182,127.00. Both purchases were described in the Highway Monthly Report and were approved as consistent with state bid pricing. The minutes record both motions as carried unanimously; three commissioners were present (Commissioners Larson, Klindt and Braton) and Commissioners Green and Busko were absent.
County officials did not specify which highway projects will use the new equipment at this meeting. The purchases were approved through the manual warrant process, as recorded in the meeting minutes; funding sources and the replacement/retirement plan for existing equipment were not specified.
