Town deals with aging vehicle fleet

The Odessa Town Council met Monday evening to hear pressing news from the Public Works Department on the town's fleet of vehicles. PW employee Gerald Greenwalt and director Rod Webster said the town garbage truck now being used to haul yard waste collected in the yellow dumpsters in town had broken down and was thought to be hardly worth repairing. The truck was of 1988 vintage and was purchased used. It currently has a broken axle, leaking cylinders and faulty brakes that would cost between 10 and 15 thousand dollars to repair.

For now, the PW Dept. has leased a truck for $4,000/month, with t...