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County Board Accepts Bid For New Grader

The Board of County Commissioners voted to go with the bid from the CAT representative to purchase a CAT motor grader in their January 3 meeting.

The motion to accept the bid came from Commissioner Larry Brower.

“As far as graders, I can’t say that any grader is better than the other. They’re both very equal. CAT’s a little bit higher, but they’re benefit package is a little better. The trade in value seems to be better. We haven’t tried CAT for a while, but I would like to try the new CAT,” Brower said.

Commissioner Nolting seconded the motion to accept the CAT bid.

“I did...