City of Morgan and Bosque Sheriff’s Department will get new vehicles, the Clifton ISD will likely get a resurfaced parking lot and Precinct 2 Commissioner will get a new motor grader.
That was all decided in Monday’s Bosque County Commissioners Court meeting.
Commissioners approved the vehicle swap between the county and the City of Morgan.
Morgan received a state law enforcement grant for a 2019 F150 4-door truck with only 200 miles on it. The grant states it must be used for law enforcement, but there is only one issue; Morgan doesn’t have a police department.
“Since they don’t have a police department, they had until July to return it or transfer it to a law enforcement agency,” Bosque County Chief Deputy Clint Pullin said Monday after the meeting.
“It was something we really needed, and it saves the county $50,000 for a new vehicle I was looking to replace next year.”
The Sheriff’s office plans to use the new truck to transport prisoners from outside the county and will be replacing a 2015 F-150 truck with over 203,000 miles. The 2015 truck was donated back to Morgan and will be used as a local maintenance truck for the water department Pullin said.
The state governor’s office will have to sign off on the transfer.
In other business, Precinct 4 Commissioner Ronnie Liardon will be talking to Clifton Superintendent Andy Ball about using county equipment to chip and seal the parking lots near the football and baseball fields.
Commissioners approved Liardon to initiate talks after the school has had difficulty finding someone local to chip and seal the parking lots.
“(The school) has gone out for bids on some options and nobody is interested in chip and seal,” Liardon said. “They can lay asphalt or concrete; neither of those are in the ballpark of what they can afford.”
Liardon said the attorney general suggested an agreement for the county to recuperate the cost of man hours as the county will be providing equipment and materials.
Liardon also said it would only take a day or two to complete the project. Commissioners also approved
Commissioners also approved the replacement of a motor grader for Precinct 2. The county will be buying a used John Deere 672GP motor grader that will be replacing a 1999 CAT 12H motor grader the county has had for almost two decades and that has more than 16,942 hours on it.
The used John Deere will be coming from Gonzalez County with only 1,702 hours on it. “I’ve researched this for more
“I’ve researched this for more than two years trying to find a newer machine,” Precinct 2 Commissioner Terry Townley said. “My budget won’t allow me to buy a brand new one, but I found an almost a new one. There’s nothing wrong with it, just in Gonzalez they rotate their equipment out on a threeyear leasing program.”
The John Deere motor grader will have a 1,000 hour warranty at a price tag for $167,437.54, but will cost the county $116,437.54 on a four year note after the $51,000 for a trade-in for the CAT 12H.