Scott walked the committee through the DPW vehicle and equipment requests, explaining the department’s replacement cycles and the operational need for each item. He said large pieces—Mack chassis with dump bodies and spreaders, hot boxes and hook lifts—can take 18–24 months to procure because chassis and outfitting are built to order.

Scott said the department staggers replacements (for example, large dump trucks replaced roughly every other year to reach a long lifecycle) and repurposes smaller pickups through the fleet as they age. He presented a hard quote for a one‑ton pickup (including plow/outfitting) of about $92,000 and noted other midsize and large vehicle escalation assumptions are applied to out‑year planning.

He also explained disposition: some older vehicles can be repurposed for secondary duties while larger pieces often have little resale or repurposing value due to frame corrosion and heavy salt exposure. Committee members asked about lead times and trade‑in values; Scott said two Mack trucks requested in prior years are still pending and that trade‑in values on some older units were minimal (he cited a $5,500 trade‑in value for a totaled hot box chassis).