Council green lights demo van purchase

CHENEY – It’s no ordinary van.

At its Oct. 13 meeting, the City Council approved a request by the Public Works Department to spend $172,530 on a 2018 Ford E450 14-foot box van from Solid Waste Systems in Spokane. While the van itself isn’t necessarily expensive, what comes inside is – a complete camera and recording system that will allow crews to peer inside the city’s solid waste system and determine its condition.

The system includes not only monitors, recording devices and control panels but also a tractor-like camera unit that can be inserted into sewer pipes. Public Works Director Todd A...