(KLZA)-- Pawnee City Council members approved a number of business items pertaining to city equipment when they met Monday evening. 

The Council voted to purchase a new Chevrolet pickup from Brinkman Brothers in Tecumseh at a cost of $32,500.  Brinkman's submitted the lowest of five bids received for a new pickup. 

Council members decided to allow the lease to expire on a John Deere tractor.  A new 6-foot Bush Hog mower to fit on the front of the Bobcat Skidsteer was approved  at a cost of $5,500

Discussion was also held about trading in a 25-year-old backhoe the city owns and replacing it with a mini-excavator.  More information will be gathered before a decision is made.  

The council also approved removing and doing a clean out of a couple of very old driveway tubes in the city.

Replacing the City Christmas lights was tabled.  The preliminary estimate to replace the current lights is approximately $24-thousand.