City staff and the Board of City Commissioners have tabled plans to purchase a side load residential sanitation truck due to other sanitation equipment issues.
For the FY 2018 budget, the City of Sallisaw had planned to purchase a new side load sanitation truck which would have been operated by one employee. Due to a recent engine failure in a commercial overhead sanitation truck, the City elected to spend the budgeted funds on a new commercial truck. The new commercial truck will be purchased from Waste Research, Inc. of Pryor, OK at a cost of $236,700.