City Workers Ask for New Equipment; Display Old Trucks

To convince the members of the city council to pass a bonding ordinance for capital improvements, two environmental services employees displayed the department's more than two-decade old equipment in front of city hall on Wednesday night.

"We need equipment for snow removal desperately," said Robert Brockmann, a supervisor at the environmental services department.

Displayed on Washington Street—lit by bright lamps—were mason dumps, snowplows and payloaders, that were made in the 1980s.

"We're not asking for luxury," said James Davis, equipment manager.