Council Approves Purchase of New Trucks for Utilities Department

The City of Sheridan Utilities Department will have six new work trucks in the near future following a bid award by the City Council at Tuesday night’s regularly scheduled business meeting. Prior to the bid being considered, and ultimately approved by the Council, City Utilities Director Dan Roberts explained the City’s fleet replacement plan, which identifies a schedule and projected cost for replacing each of its vehicles on a prescribed basis.

Roberts said there are 111 pieces of equipment in the utilities department fleet replacement plan and of that number, 26 are considered work trucks.

The bid award for the six work trucks that was approved by the City Council was in the amount of $252,226 to Liberty Superstores.