Medical Lake pulls the trigger on road grader purchase

The Medical Lake City Council made the city’s purchase of a used road grader official by approving a budget amendment at their March 15 meeting.

The $157,614 amendment pays for the grader, a 2008 Caterpillar 140M Motor Grader purchased from dealer Western States, via four accounts. The money essentially comes out of the water/sewer and the streets fund, with each paying half, $78.807.

While water/sewer is a combined account, City Administrator Doug Ross said the city breaks out expenses for each function separately for tracking purposes, hence the amendment shows a $39,404 expenditure from wat...