OLEAN - The city of Olean may soon purchase a new 10-wheeler truck to help with larger public-works projects and snow removal.
The city Finance Committee met Tuesday and approved a resolution that would allow the city to purchase the vehicle and lease both a Vac-Con and a street sweeper.
The resolution, which will move on to the Common Council’s Committee of the Whole, allows the transfer of up to $50,000 from the water fund, up to $75,000 from the sewer fund and up to $200,000 from the general fund for the vehicle purchase and leases.
If approved by Common Council the 10-wheeler will be purchased for $145,000. Ray Wangelin, R-Ward 3, said the vehicle is a brand-new 2009 model and will cost about $30,000 less than a similar vehicle purchased through the state bid system.
The Vac-Con will be leased for $53,000 over five years. The Vac-Con is a vehicle that cleans the city’s storm drains. The city’s current 17-year-old vehicle is used extensively by the city and is shared with other municipalities. The street sweeper will be leased for $35,000. The city’s current street sweeper is a 2001 model. Both leases have a buy-out option for $1, Mr. Wangelin said.
The City Operations Committee defeated a resolution in April that would allow $174,000 to be spent on a new 10-wheeler and plow.
Mr. Wangelin, who voted against the April resolution, said he isn’t excited about buying the new 10-wheeler because he thought the city could buy two single-axle vehicles instead of the 10-wheeler. He met with the department of public works and Mayor Carucci and is now the sponsor of the current proposal.
“I was assured that the single-axles that we have now will be able to complete the 2009 winter,” he said. “I really don’t think we need the 10-wheeler but I agree that (the streets department) should know more about it than I do because they deal with it.”
Mr. Wangelin said he is sponsoring the proposal for the vehicles because he was assured that the streets department will not need to buy any major vehicles until late 2010. Mayor David Carucci said he was assured that the six-wheeled, single-axle trucks would be available for the upcoming winter season.
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