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Board OKs $6,500 mower-head with mulch container to reduce contracted mowing
Summary
Trustee Bill Hodges moved to purchase the $6,500 mower-head option with mulch container to enable in-house mowing around ditches, trees and poles; the board approved the purchase by roll call.
Trustee Rodney Smith described two mower-head options — an $11,000 option and a $6,500 option that includes a mulch container — and said the ditch mower could reach areas near trees and telephone poles and reduce the need to hire outside contractors. Trustee Bill Hodges moved to buy the $6,500 option with mulch container; Trustee Terri Baker seconded, and the motion passed on roll call.
The minutes record expected operational savings from doing more mowing with existing equipment but do not present a formal cost–benefit analysis or expected payback period. The minutes also do not identify the vendor or the funding source line item used for the purchase.
