STE. GENEVIEVE — Ste. Genevieve County has purchased three used trucks from the city of Jefferson City for road and bridge department use.
The three trucks consist of (2) 2006 Chevrolet Silverados and a 2007 Chevrolet Silverado. All are three-quarter ton trucks with four wheel drive. The purchase was through the auction website Purplewave, Inc. for an invoice total of $32,010.
The trucks will replace two extremely high mileage pickups for general use with the other one becoming a service truck. The current service truck, a two wheel drive in good condition will replace a high mileage truck at the Recycle Center.
The commission made the decision to purchase these relatively low mileage trucks to maximize taxpayer funds as there was a great need and the total price for the three was considerably much lower than the price of one new truck.