The numbers
Cat 140M grader
Motor grader used to maintain and crown the city’s gravel roads, and as a backup plow in winter. It tows the Handy Hitch rubber-tire roller to pack the gravel after grading.
PW05Public Works Office
4,304.4 hrsas of 09-18-26
+53.5 hrs since June 2026
Older machine, still in service.
Paper trail
- 07-12-11DecisionCouncil moved to settle the outstanding RDO bills on the old John Deere gradersource p.3
- 10-11-11PurchasePurchased for $238,299.19 from Ziegler CATsource p.5
- 08-01-21PaymentFinal payment on the 2011 grader certificates: the city levied roughly $26,500 to $30,400 a year for ten years
- 10-11-22RepairWater pump and machine cleaning (140M equipment supplies), $3,091.16source p.10
Repair lines are claims of $2,000 or more, hand-transcribed from the claims registers; smaller bills exist but are not itemized, so this is not a complete maintenance history. Amounts are labeled by transaction type: an estimate or authorization is not money spent.