Grader purchase sparks ML council debate

Medical Lake’s City Council voted 6-1 at their March 1 meeting to purchase a used road grader to replace the city’s aging machine, but not before questions arose regarding how to pay for it.

The city’s current road grader was 5 years old when it was purchased in 1967. City Administrator Doug Ross said talk about replacing it began about 10 years ago, but action kept being put off.

Parts for the road grader are difficult to find, if available, and the machine is no longer able to maintain the pressure needed to force its blade into the ground to move dirt when used in that fashion. The grader h...

 

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