The Truesdale Board of Aldermen got some good news recently as the insurance check for the city truck that was totaled following an accident in October finally arrived.

According to Mayor Jerry Cannon, the city received a check in the amount of $49,817 and was in communication with Don Brown Chevrolet to get the truck replaced.

The vehicle to be replaced was a 2024 Chevrolet Silverado that was damaged in an accident Oct. 30 where a 2021 Freightline Cascadia semi-truck traveled off of Interstate 70, overturned and traveled some distance before striking the Silverado. There were two city employees in the vehicle at the time that was at the entrance to the Heritage Hills subdivision. The two employees were not seriously injured in the accident.

Following the vehicle being totaled, the city approved the purchase of a 2006 Chevy Silverado to act as an emergency snow plow vehicle for a purchase price of $32,350.

The board also approved by a unanimous 4-0 vote the invoice for the school resource officer truck purchased by the Truesdale Police Department. According to Chief Casey Doyle, the cost of the vehicle from Joe Machens Ford was $53,915.

Doyle said the department was also looking to hire one additional part-time officer. The board approved Doyle’s request by a 4-0 vote.

Alderman Mike Thomas also made a proposal that following the April elections the city might want to consider moving to city wards for aldermen positions. He said he felt like the city has reached the population threshold to consider moving to a ward structure. Currently all aldermen in the city are elected by the voters at-large. He said he also wanted to discuss possibly extending the mayor’s term from two years to four years as the job is quite intensive and he felt a longer term would be more consistent with the amount of work required for the position.