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Selectmen approve surplus and reassign municipal work trucks
Summary
The Board of Selectmen approved surplusing an older International Workstar and later reassigned a second vehicle to the Waterford Utility Commission, amid board questions about agenda clarity and separate memos for related votes.
The Board of Selectmen voted to surplus a 2014 International Workstar (fleet asset 1001264) and later approved reassigning a separate International Workstar to the Waterford Utility Commission.
Chair introduced the recommendation from purchasing agent Shay Davie on behalf of utilities director Jill Stevens. The initial readout listed two similar VINs and asset entries, which prompted several board members to ask whether the agenda was covering one or two vehicles and whether the vehicles would be sold via GovDeals or transferred between departments. Speaker 3 said the agenda wording was confusing and urged separate memos for distinct votes. "I feel like these would be 2 different items, and if this vote is to surplus 2 vehicles… I'm just gonna make this simple," the member said, urging clearer documentation.
Staff explained that separate votes were required for surplus and for reassignment, and that a single memo had been used as backup for two actions; officials agreed to separate future memos. On the transfer item, utilities staff explained the town would take a 2014 Public Works vehicle into Utility Commission inventory to replace an older 2009 unit. The board approved the surplus and the reassignment after clarifying the intended outcomes. "We'll make sure they put it in 2 memos next time," a town official said about the backup documentation.
The action items were raised and resolved without additional conditions recorded in the transcript. The board recorded aye votes for both the surplus and the reassignment motions.
