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Newtown to purchase front bucket loader with ARPA funding

A front bucket loader will be purchased by the Newtown Public Works Department.  The cost is $300,000 and will be paid for with American Rescue Plan Act funds.  First Selectman Dan Rosenthal notes that the dollar value exceeds the threshold to be on the Capital Improvement Plan.  Director Fred Hurley says the loader is one of the most expensive and most useful pieces of equipment they have.  It's used for loading trucks for winter snow removal, and when needed throughout the year for other departments.  Any trade in value will be used for added equipment for the loader.  The Board of Selectmen approved amending the 2022-23 Legislative Council-approved CIP for the Public Works front bucket loader to be funded with ARPA dollars.

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