LAWTON — The Multiple Community Services Authority, a Fletcher-based garbage collection service that serves several southwest Oklahoma communities, will receive $105,000 from Comanche County’s portion of American Rescue Plan Act money. The funds will help cover the cost of buying a new semitruck for hauling solid waste.
With little discussion, the Comanche County Board of Commissioners voted 3-0 April 24 to approve a notice of award and a subrecipient award agreement with MCSA. The board also encumbered $105,000 from the county’s pot of ARPA money to buy a used 2021 Peterbilt semitruck from the Oklahoma City-based company Xpress Truck Sales and Leasing.
MCSA is buying a truck capable of pulling a transfer trailer from the Fletcher landfill to the Alex landfill to dump solid waste. The ARPA grant will cover about 52% of the truck’s $199,000 price tag, Commissioner John O’Brien said Friday.
“The remaining funds will come from what the MCSA has been able to save leading up to this moment,” he said in an email to a Southwest Ledger reporter.
Comanche County received about $23 million from Oklahoma’s share of ARPA dollars, which are aimed at helping local governments recover from the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The county allocated part of that money to help communities and eligible organizations with various projects.
Southwest Ledger Associate Publisher JJ Francais currently serves as vice president of the Multiple Community Services Authority’s Board of Directors.