Moorestown Council Approves 5 New Vehicles For Public Works

MOORESTOWN, NJ — The Moorestown Department of Public Works can now obtain five new vehicles that township officials said are a long-time coming following a Township Council vote Monday night.

Moorestown Council approved a proposed ordinance to appropriate $360,000, including the borrowing of $342,000 in bonds or notes, for five vehicles for the Department of Public Works.

The Department of Public Works is looking to replace the following vehicles:

• A 2006 Mack Dump Truck with a plow and spreader, worth about $190,000;
• A 2003 Ford F-350 Dump Body Truck, worth about $65,000;
• A 72" Z-Rider Mower, worth about $15,000;
• A 1997 Ford F-350 pickup truck with plow, worth about $40,000; and
• A 2000 F-350 pickup truck with plow, worth about $40,000.

“Two of the vehicles that are being replaced are so old they actually predate when I moved here in 1999,” Deputy Mayor Sue Mammarella said. “Kudos to keeping those vehicles going all this time and only replacing them now.”

Council approved the proposal with a 5-0 vote following a public hearing in which no members of the public spoke.