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County approves purchase of three 2026 motor graders for Road & Bridge
Summary
Mountrail County authorized buying three 2026 motor graders from Butler Machinery at a net purchase price of $921,000 after trading three 2019 units; the board recorded unanimous approval and guaranteed buy-back values were used to determine the low bid.
Road & Bridge Engineer Jana Hennessy presented bids from Butler Machinery and RDO for three new 2026 motor graders. The commission approved purchasing the graders with attachments from Butler at a net price of $921,000, reflecting $440,000 per machine (total $1,320,000) less $399,000 in trade value; guaranteed buy-back values of $200,000 per used machine were noted as part of bid evaluation.
"Moved by Comm. DeGroot, seconded by Comm. Hollekim, to approve the purchase of three new 2026 motor graders with attachments from Butler Machinery at a net purchase price of $921,000 ($440,000 per machine for a total of $1,320,000 minus total trade value of $399,000 for three 2019 motor graders with attachments) with guaranteed buy-back of $200,000 per machine used to determine low bid price," the minutes state. The vote was unanimous.
