{"id":46453,"date":"2024-12-18T07:04:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T12:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/?p=46453"},"modified":"2024-12-17T12:46:11","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T17:46:11","slug":"council-agrees-to-buy-used-garbage-truck-for-375000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/?p=46453","title":{"rendered":"Council agrees to buy used garbage truck for $375,000"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-12-18-City-Garbage-Truck.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"496\" height=\"278\" src=\"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-12-18-City-Garbage-Truck.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-12-18-City-Garbage-Truck.jpg 496w, https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-12-18-City-Garbage-Truck-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">After the City of Perry\u2019s two side-loader trucks (above) and a back-up \u201crear-loading\u201d truck all were down for repairs, City Sanitation workers have recently been forced to use a backhoe and dump truck to collect garbage. In response, the city council voted 5-0 to purchase a slightly-used \u201cdemo\u201d truck for $375,000 at its Dec. 10 meeting. \u201cWe are having a lot of issues with our garbage trucks staying up and running,\u201d City Streets and Sanitation Supervisor Danielle Ondash said. \u201cWe have two side loaders and a rear loader. When one of our side loaders is down, we have to use our rear loader, which takes three of our men (instead of one).\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After hearing that all three of its sanitation trucks are out of service and frequently down for repairs, the Perry City Council voted to spend $375,000 in unbudgeted funds to immediately purchase a used garbage collection truck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After hearing that all three of its sanitation trucks are out of service and frequently down for repairs, the Perry City Council voted to spend $375,000 in unbudgeted funds to immediately purchase a used garbage collection truck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[265,630],"class_list":["post-46453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-perry-city-council","tag-solid-waste"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46453"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46455,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46453\/revisions\/46455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}