Patagonia’s aging garbage truck is in need of replacement, and, for awhile, the town was using a small trailer bed pulled by a pickup truck to collect the garbage.
Town Manager David Teel says that the town has purchased a 2013 truck, for $120,000, which was paid for through loans from the general fund and the Solid Waste Fund.
Gilbert Quiroga is training the drivers so they can upgrade their licenses, as a commercial license will be required to operate the new vehicle.
The new truck will allow Patagonia to use other transfer stations so that they no longer need to use Patagonia’s landfill.