The Truesdale Board of Aldermen discussed the purchase of a 2026 Chevrolet Silverado at their Feb. 11 meeting, but decided to hold off on the purchase as they wanted to give a local dealership an …
This item is available in full to subscribers.
We have recently launched a new and improved website. To continue reading, you will need to either log into your subscriber account, or purchase a new subscription.
If you are a digital subscriber with an active subscription, or you are a print subscriber who had access to our previous wesbite, then you already have an account here. Just reset your password if you have not yet logged in to your account on this new site.
If you are a current print subscriber and did not have a user account on our previous website, you can set up a free website account by clicking here.
Otherwise, click here to view your options for subscribing.
Please log in to continue |
The Truesdale Board of Aldermen discussed the purchase of a 2026 Chevrolet Silverado at their Feb. 11 meeting, but decided to hold off on the purchase as they wanted to give a local dealership an opportunity to possibly bid on the purchase of the vehicle.
According to City Administrator Elsa Smith-Fernandez, the city received a quote from Don Brown Chevrolet for a 2026 Chevy Silverado in the amount of $49,281. It also received a companion bid from Knapheide in the amount of $1,995 for a harness and snow plow for the truck.
Smith-Fernandez said the quote is under the state bid contract provisions.
Alderman Mike Thomas asked the administrator about possibly receiving a local bid and Smith-Fernandez said that decision was up to the board, but that local dealers such as Gastorf Chevrolet are not state bid entities. She said if they were to seek local bids they would have to follow the typical city procurement policy, which requires publication in the newspaper.
The board discussed the possibility of putting the purchase of a truck out for bid. One concern was whether putting the truck purchase out for bid would significantly delay receipt of a new vehicle. Smith-Fernandez said Don Brown Chevrolet has a vehicle coming in next month that the city would be purchasing.
Thomas asked if it would be acceptable to contact Gastorf and ask them if they had anything available.
“I think we can give them a call and maybe talk to them a little bit and get an idea of where they are at, how long it would take, what kind of cost, that kind of thing,” she said.
No vote was taken on the quote as the board appeared open to the idea of Smith-Fernandez reaching out and presenting her findings to the board at their next meeting Feb. 25.
The truck purchase would be a replacement for the city’s truck that was totaled in an October crash involving a semi-truck.
The board did vote unanimously to approve the purchase a Kustom Signals Inc. laser unit for the police department at a cost of $6,559.24.
Police Chief Casey Doyle said the department recently had a case where someone stopped for a speeding ticket provided in-car video evidence to refute the department’s case.
Doyle said he wanted to purchase a laser unit that has video capability.
“Whenever you acquire a target, it starts the video and it tracks their speed including how close they are to cars in front of them and to the rear,” Doyle said. “It takes photographs including license plate recognition.”
He said the radar unit would have accompanying videos for each stop.
The city also had to pay $1,800 to repair one of the fans on one of the heaters in the MaryLou Center. Mayor Jerry Cannon said that the cord from a helium balloon wrapped around the fan and burned the motor out following an event at the center.
