FPUD board delays backhoe replacement pending JPA options

The Feb. 24 meeting of the Fallbrook Public Utility District (FPUD) board included an agenda item to consider the purchase of a Case loader backhoe, but the board opted to defer that potential purchase until FPUD’s March 24 board meeting in case the North County Joint Powers Authority consisting of FPUD and the Rainbow Municipal Water District could allow for FPUD objectives to be met by sharing existing equipment rather than by purchasing new equipment.

FPUD currently has a Case 580L backhoe unit which was manufactured in 1997. That backhoe does not meet current California Air Resources Board...