Last year, the Mayor and Council approved the purchase of a beach trash collection truck budgeted at $235,000, but when the bids were solicited, the lowest bid came in at around $298,000, or about $63,000 over the estimate. However, Public Works Director Hal Adkins, with assistance from Procurement Manager Catrice Parsons and Budget Manager Jenny Knapp, have come up with a plan to convert a heavy-duty, four-wheel drive truck the town took delivery of last week into a new state-of-the-art trash collection truck that could be able to empty all of the blue trash barrels on the beach practically in one fell swoop each night.
The total cost of the truck and the necessary conversions, including a massive compactor mounted on the back, will come in at around $298,000, or $63,000 more than what was budgeted, but the town realized a windfall of around $54,000 from the sale of another truck that has outlived its usefulness on the Internet site govdeals.com, which will offset the cost of the new trash collector, leaving a difference of around $9,000 to be covered by the town.
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3 comments:
Having tourist take thier trash off the beach with them could safe 300,000 dollars..
Who knew..?
if the truck they are building is the same price(according to thenumber) why not buy the factory made one ? it is probably guaranteed. thanks sjd
Just make trash on the beach illegal and fine anyone, that leaves any trash on the beach, under littering laws. Get rid of the trash cans and the expense of emptying and maintaining them. Also it would eliminate the tipping fess at the landfill. It would save the town of OC hundreds of thousands of dollars a year for spending on other things. Do like many of the State Parks. If you bring it, take it with you when you leave.
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