CHICKASHA – Street patches will be “better and longer lasting” when the city takes possession of a hot mix asphalt patch unit next year, Public Works Director Omar Fierro told the Municipal Authority.
The six cubic-yard asphalt patcher will be installed on the chassis of a 2004 truck the city owns, records reflect.
The body that is on the truck now will be removed before the vehicle is transported to Fresno, California, in December for installation of the PB Loader Corp. patching unit, Fierro said. The retrofitted vehicle will return to Oklahoma approximately four months later, he said.
The total budget for the project is $210,000, which includes $170,200 for the loader, $20,000 in freight bills and $19,730 for “incidental relocation of items” on the chassis frame, plus repairs and essential parts.
City officials also voted July 21 to pay $157,800 for three new trucks. One will be a 2025 model pickup for the Parks Department and the other two will be 2026 trucks for Public Works.
The vehicles will be acquired under a state contract at below-market rates because the State of Oklahoma buys in bulk, Councilman Clark Southard noted.