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Select Board directs financing research for replacement trucks after highway committee recommendations
Summary
After reviewing bids, warranty and lead-time information, Townshend’s Select Board directed the highway committee to investigate financing options for a replacement Dodge Ram (focus on Claremont Ford) and for a stainless 10-wheel dump truck (HP Fairfield); a follow-up financing motion on a truck was recorded as passing 4–1–0.
The Select Board spent substantial time reviewing highway committee recommendations on replacement trucks and financing options. On the Dodge Ram replacement, the board directed the highway committee to research financing with Claremont Ford, focusing effort on the immediate stock option to avoid two-year build delays. A member moved, and the board approved, a direction for the committee to investigate Claremont Ford financing; the chair noted the voice tally was five in favor.
For a 10-wheel dump truck, the highway committee recommended HP Fairfield for a stainless-steel body and requested board direction on where to focus financing research. Allegiance Truck Centers representative Randy Clark joined remotely to explain engine and transmission choices and potential lead times. The board voted to direct the highway committee to research financing with HP Fairfield; the transcript also records a related truck-motion as passing 4–1–0 later in the meeting. "I make a motion that we advise the board to go with Claremont Ford as far as investigating financing," a board member said when offering the motion.
