HILLCREST — At its monthly meeting Wednesday, the Hillcrest Village Board of Trustees approved the purchase of a new Ford F-350 dump truck for $98,190 from Hackbarth Truck and Equipment by a vote of 4-0 with Trustee Dan Potter abstaining.

The purchase also includes a snow plow and a bed-mounted salt spreader along with safety lighting. The board also considered two other bids from Hackbarth for a Ford F-250 ($97,190) and a Dodge ($96,920) and a Bonnell Industries bid with a $109,549 price estimate.

The truck will replace a larger 2000 snowplow and dump truck and another smaller 2011 truck that has seen issues with rust in its bed. Both of those trucks have seen high maintenance costs. Hillcrest took delivery of a new maintenance truck last year as well.

Greg Hackbarth of Hackbarth Truck and Equipment said the new truck will take about four months to receive and prepare. The village made the move Wednesday to get the truck to help with the upcoming winter season.

1A

Village Engineer Kaitlin Wright of Baxter & Woodman provided an update Wednesday on Hillcrest's ongoing priority 1A water main project.

The project's contractor is Elliott & Wood, Inc. The project has a $1.2 million total budget and is replacing mains along the full length of Scott Avenue, parts of Errett Road and Erickson Road from Scott Avenue to Jeffrey Avenue, and parts of Jeffrey Avenue from Errett Road to Erickson Road. Those streets are in the southern and oldest part of the village. The project will be financed with an IEPA loan that will involve 50 percent loan forgiveness. The debt service on the project will be $35,000 per year over 20 years.

Wright said Wednesday that pressure testing has been done on the water main installed on Scott Avenue from River Road to Errett Road and sampling came back correct. That stretch is now under pressure and chlorinated, but will not be live or connected until the project is complete.

Water main work is being finished along Erickson Road and will be connected to what has been installed on Jeffrey Avenue and the village’s water hub by the end of next week. Testing will then be done on that section. Elliott & Wood will then focus on reconnecting water service lines in about 2-3 weeks and residents will be coordinated with individually.

Lead

Wright also provided an update on state-mandated lead service line inventory work that has been ongoing in Hillcrest. The village recently submitted its water service line inventory and replacement plan to the state.

Hillcrest has 444 water service lines that it must check to see if they're possibly made of lead. The inventory submitted to the state consisted of 190 copper lines, 17 galvanized lines, 12 plastic lines, two lead, 62 unknown-not lead due to age of construction, and 161 unknown. The village received 228 responses to a survey it sent out to residents to determine water line materials, making up over 50 percent of its water lines.

The village is mandated to replace any lead water service lines it has. The ongoing water main project has funds built into it to replace any lead service lines it comes across.

Tractor

The board tabled a potential future purchase of a tractor during the meeting. Hillcrest is in need of a tractor to use with various attachments it has to mow its pond and remove brush and tall grass in its pit.

Trustees expressed a desire Wednesday to procure more bids on different brands to consider and to wait for a time to purchase a tractor that is more timely.

The board also tabled the potential future purchase of new garage doors for its maintenance building on Wednesday.