Saline County to pay $800K up front for new road equipment

In a unanimous vote during its 9 a.m. Tuesday meeting, the Saline County Board of Commissioners approved the purchase of the 2020 Caterpillar 150 units from a bid by Foley Equipment.

The bid includes a trade guarantee for the machines, meaning that in five years or 7,500 hours of use, Foley will guarantee a trade value to the county of over $500,000 total for the three machines.

According the request for action document, although there is a high up-front cost to purchase the equipment, the total cost when taking the trade guarantee into account is only $309,297.