By Andrea Earnest | Sentinel Staff
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@ShorewoodNews
At its Jan. 26, the Shorewood Village Board approved several vehicle purchases for the public works department.
Public Works Supervisor Chris Drey spoke to the board about the vehicles. The first vehicle approved was a Ford Transit for $29,431.49 from Ron Tirapelli Ford. According to board documents, the vehicle will be used daily for street light, building and sign maintenance.
“The van will be used by our electrical foreman,” Drey added.
The vehicle will have a bulkhead and cabinets, as well as a power inverter and an arrow board for traffic control. The vehicle was budgeted in the major equipment budget.
Drey said those additions will increase the vehicle’s price tag closer to the budgeted $32,800.
The second vehicle approved was a Ford crew-cab pickup truck for $33,251.22 from Ron Tirapelli Ford. According to board documents, a dump truck was originally budgeted, but it would have been difficult in this budget year.
The vehicle will be used by the street foreman for day-to-day operations and will be replacing a 2004 pickup truck.
Drey said they will be pushing the dump truck into next year’s budget.
The third and final vehicle approved was a John Deere rotary cutter for $18,158 from Shorewood Home and Auto.
This piece of equipment is a 15-foot-wide area mower attachment, and is a replacement to a large area mower that is more than 20 years old.
“We use this for some of our roadside ditches and a lot of our larger properties,” Drey said.
All the purchases were unanimously approved by the board.