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Council approves vehicles and equipment: coroner Tahoe, Weights & Measures Blazer and highway shop lifts
Summary
Council approved a $57,000 replacement vehicle for the Coroner's Office, a $34,000 Chevrolet Blazer for Weights & Measures (payload requirements), and $1.2 million to replace highway shop lifts at two barns to support heavier equipment.
Council approved several capital items that county departments said are necessary for operations. Coroner Christopher Meihls requested a $57,000 Tahoe (police-package wiring) to replace a Chevy Traverse with imminent transmission failure; Council approved the appropriation by voice vote.
Weights & Measures staff explained that certified test weights and handling equipment routinely onboard their vehicle can total several hundred pounds and exceed the payload capacity of some small SUVs. Mark McClurg explained the department routinely carries roughly 400–550 pounds of certified weights and recommended a Chevrolet Blazer-class vehicle; county bids returned a low price just over $33,000, and the Council approved an appropriation of $34,000.
Highway Director Bill Hartman asked for $1.2 million to replace vehicle lifts at the North and South barns, upgrading from roughly 48,000 lb capacity to about 70,000 lb lifts; Council approved the project.
"We can barely get parts," Hartman said of the existing lifts, installed in 1991 and 1998, arguing the larger lifts will support heavier modern vehicles and reduce maintenance disruptions.
