(KLZA)-- Richardson County Commissioners have approved the purchase of a new motorgrader for the Road Department.
Commissioners approved the purchase of a John Deere 722G, six-wheel drive grader from the Nebraska State Purchasing Bureau on the State Bid contract at $253,450. The County will trade in a 2004 CAT 12H grader reducing the price by $48-thousand. With the trade-in and addition of options the total price to Richardson County will be $223,450.
The Board also approved an interlocal agreement presented by Emergency Management Agency Director Brian Kirkendall creating the Southeast Region, a separate legal entity, to provide for cooperative public safety services by and among counties.
Southeast Nebraska counties included in the agreement are Cass, Gage, Fillmore, Jefferson, Johnson, Lancaster, Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee, Richardson, Saline, Seward, Thayer and York.
In other action the Board approved an agreement with Falls City Economic Development and Growth Enterprise to continue funding for August 1, 2019 through July 31, 2020 in an amount of $15-thousand.
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