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Austell to buy four trucks, mower for $175K

Austell's Veterans Memorial Park at 2651 Veterans Memorial Highway will be one of the beneficiaries of new equipment to be purchased by city officials, including a mower. A Veterans Day ceremony will be held there at 11 a.m. Nov. 11. (Courtesy of Austell)
Austell's Veterans Memorial Park at 2651 Veterans Memorial Highway will be one of the beneficiaries of new equipment to be purchased by city officials, including a mower. A Veterans Day ceremony will be held there at 11 a.m. Nov. 11. (Courtesy of Austell)
By Carolyn Cunningham – For the AJC
Nov 10, 2020

The Austell City Council agreed 5-0 on Nov. 2 to buy three new service trucks, a mower and a bucket truck.

Total price is $175,342.

They include:

  • three new service trucks from Hardy GMC (the next-to-lowest bid to Hardy Chevrolet at $74,734) at nearly $76,778 and extended warranty costs of $6,578 for a total of almost $83,356 to be added to the Public Works Fleet and to be funded by the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST).
  • an ExMark 72-inch Lazer X-Series with Kawasaki engine lawn mower from Douglasville Ace Hardware for $12,086 for the Parks Department.
  • a 2017 Ford F550 with Versalift, model VST52 Bucket Truck for $79,900 for the Parks Department.

Information: austellga.gov

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