Float trailer purchased for city

The Odessa Chamber of Commerce bought a new trailer for hauling the community float to parades and gave it to the Town of Odessa. They then requested that the town give back the old trailer, so the Chamber can sell it and recoup some of the money spent on the new one. These measures were approved by the Town Council on Monday, March 24.

An offer has already been made and accepted to buy the old trailer from the Chamber for $1,500.

At the Chamber’s regular meeting on March 25, Marlon Schafer asked whether the trailer might be used on the weekend of the motorcycle races to help block the wind at...