City meeting slated to discuss sweeper
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Published: January 8, 2009
The city hopes to meet with officials from the Agency of Transportation within the next few weeks to learn more about the federal funding it will receive toward the purchase of a high-efficiency street sweeper.
Rutland can receive up to $150,000 through the award, which comes from funding for stormwater mitigation and requires an 8-0/20, federal to city split on the purchase, according to Evan Pilachowski, the city's associate engineer.
Unlike the city's prior mechanical sweeper, which broke down last spring, the new machine will be a vacuum-assist high-energy sweeper that stirs and sucks up dirt and debris from the roadway.
The city has been awaiting word of this award for several months. In October, the Board of Aldermen authorized DPW to rent a sweeper for the month of November rather than opting to move ahead with the purchase of a new piece of machinery, which would have forfeited the city's right to any grant funding it may have been awarded.
— Staff reports
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