By Mark Squibb/March 24, 2022
An offer to sell a trailer to the Town of Bay Bulls got a cool reception at council last week.
The offer from a resident pertained to a six-foot by seven-foot 2009 CargoMax trailer, who thought the equipment might be useful to the Town.
“Is this a common practise, for people to call up and say we have items for sale?” asked Mayor Neil O’Brien. “Nothing against the individual, it’s just that to say, ‘I have something for sale, and I’m going to offer it to the town,’ I find it kind of unique.”
Town Manager Jennifer Aspell allowed it’s not a common practice, but noted the Town had purchased a substantial number of guardrails from the same individual in the past.
“So, he did approach the Town and indicated that he was going to be selling the trailer and wanted to know if the Town was interested in using it to transport the guiderails, so we did our due diligence and put together the information for council,” Aspell explained.
“Well, pardon me, but a lot of effort has gone into putting together this briefing, with pictures and all that, for an old trailer, and I just see this as a total waste of town staff resources,” said the mayor.
