The SLI Trustee Board has unanimously approved the purchase of a new Massey Ferguson tractor from Kelly Ford in Perry Center. The purchase was brought about by a three-year Bank of Castile loan for $21,800 and the monthly payment for the new tractor will replace the monthly payment of the red pickup truck which was just recently paid off.
The pickup truck serves as our principle snow plow and garbage pickup vehicle. The tractor also has some road functions such as with the salt spreader and the bucket as it clears excess snow and snow mounds. The tractor is also helpful for clearing and distributing tree cuttings, mulch, and more. The new tractor will make these functions more easily and quickly accomplished.
There was a time when the local groundsman of SLI spent a significant amount of his time repairing and patching a complete inventory of old road and lawn equipment. Recent SLI Boards and their presidents determined that there needed to be an equipment replacement plan worked into the annual budget which is exactly what was implemented and is the plan that has been worked for the past five or six years.
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