Council OKs purchase of $70,000-plus pickup truck

CHENEY – Purchasing was on the minds and agenda of the City Council at their meeting on Jan. 28.

The council approved a request from the Light Department to purchase a 2020 F550 Ford pickup modified for use as a dump truck and vehicle with which to pull the department’s new Bobcat front loader and mini-excavator/trailer package. The price of the Ford, purchased from Columbia Ford of Longview, Wash. on the state’s motor vehicle contract, comes to $73,774.79 including tax.

According to the quote from Columbia Ford, the base price of the vehicle is $37,018, but the department requested additional...