(KLZA)--During the February 23 meeting of the Falls City Council, action was taken to approve approximately $8,700 of repairs and upgrades to the City street sweeper.
In January the Council discussed purchasing a new street sweeper which had a price tag of $245 thousand or trying to make repairs to the current 12 -year-old machine to try and get another year or two of use out of it.
After reviewing the needed repairs and getting prices to refurbish the machine, City Mechanic Bobby Lock told City Administrator Kevin Cluskey he feels the work can be done in house for approximately $8,700.
Cluskey said in January that picking up leaves is a major contributor to the problems the city has had with the current machine. Cluskey feels the City needs to determine what other equipment might better suit the cities needs such as a vacuum to pick up the heavier debris.
If the work on the machine was to be done by Rose Equipment, the parts alone were estimated to cost just over $8 thousand.
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