Woodward supers put up old equipment for bid

Rec committee getting ready for Riverfest 2023

LOCKPORT -- The Woodward Township supervisors voted to put old equipment on Municibid.

The township is putting its old pick up truck from 2007 up for bid. According to supervisor Kyle Coleman, it has around 160,000 or 170,000 miles on it. Inspection on the vehicle will run out in December, he added.

The truck is Blue Booked at above $2,000.

"On paper, it's worth more than $2,000, so we need to advertise it to put out for bid whether someone really wants to pay that much," Coleman said. "I would say we get the details and put an ad together with a description and advertise it the way we need to and open the bids at the next township meeting."

More in-depth information will be listed in the advertisement through the classified section of The Express.

The township will also be disposing of a tar buggy and an old mower. Supervisors voted to also put that equipment on Municibid.

They voted to rebid on the old mower, starting at $4,000. The township was never contacted by the original highest bidder of the equipment. The original bid ended at $5,000, according to supervisor John Barth. The tar buggy will be put up for bid at $100.

In other business, the Woodward Township recreation committee is making headway with this year's Riverfest. According to Coleman, the bands for the festival are scheduled and they have the duck tickets for the derby.

The recreation committee is in the process of getting the vendor mailing list, getting fireworks around and donations for the event.

"We are going to try to get the vendor mailing list and stuff for fireworks and donations in the next five days or so out to all the places they need to go to. Everything is going to start to fall into place," Coleman said.

Donations will be going towards the duck derby raffle and will support Riverfest.

Supervisors also voted to donate $100 to the Piper Aviation Museum to help with repairs and support its preservation. This was the first time the township made a donation to the museum, according to secretary Jackie Bartlett.