A new garbage truck costing $327,320 was approved by a 3-1 vote of the Schulenburg City Council at its regular meeting last week.
After asking “is this truck a want or a need?” Alderman Frank Wick III opposed the purchase.
“We talked about ..., to the departments, to cut back on spending,” he said. “The budget was tight and now we’re going to ask the taxpayers for more money.”
In response to a questi…