Already ordered, but it probably will be painted yellow when you see it
SANATOGA PA – Bet you wished your household finances could work like this.
Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township commissioners voted late last month to buy the Highway Department a new truck, an “upfitted” 2012 Ford model F-550 from the Fred Beans Ford-Lincoln-Mercury dealership in West Chester PA. It replaces a 1997 vehicle that’s already been taken out of service. Its total cost: $77,772.
Money to pay for it, however, hasn’t quite arrived yet. It’s been allocated, in advance, from next year’s township budget.
Board members unanimously agreed Sept. 28 to the unusual move because the need for the truck is immediate, according to Commissioner James Phillips, and its purchase has been under discussion for some time. Roadmaster John Fogel assembled specifications and obtained bids for the truck weeks ago, as did Phillips, a former automobile dealer. Their results were almost identical, he noted.
It will take extra time, maybe several more weeks, to marry the $41,017 truck chassis to its additional equipment, being installed by Triad Truck Equipment Inc. of Limerick PA at a price of $36,755.
By then, commissioners expect, the 2012 budget – complete with the anticipated truck – will have been approved (probably during November or early December).
So, too, will the tax revenues to cover it.
Related (to the Lower Pottsgrove 2012 budget):
- We’ll Gladly Pay You In 2012 For A Truck Ordered Now
- Open Budget Meetings, He Complains, Not That Open
- Township Committee Planning Two Budget Meetings
- Thanks To Survey Input, Township Preparing Trash Bids
- Pottstown Library Asks Township For Higher Funding
Related (to the Lower Pottsgrove Board of Commissioners’ meeting of Sept. 28):
- We’ll Gladly Pay You In 2012 For A Truck Ordered Now
- On Sunnyslope Drive, Acquisition Better Late Than Never
- Conflict Waiver Keeps Township Out Of An Ethical Jam
- Lower Pottsgrove August 2011 Warrants Now Online
