Waverly may share truck with Chemung-Truck cover

Waverly may share truck with Chemung-Truck cover Waverly may share truck with Chemung ---Truck cover Richter brought up an incident he heard about when a town’s code enforcement officer was in an accident with his private truck. It was determined that it was the officer’s fault, but his truck was under-insured. The municipality he was serving at the time had to pay a large sum. Richter felt this was the best way of “making sure we don’t cut that check sometime” by having the municipality Truck cover with their own insurance. He also felt this was more cost effective. Richter was hoping this would be an area of shared services with the Village of Waverly. He stated that Chemung would purchase and insure the Truck cover, along with keeping up with the maintenance costs, all Waverly would have to do, according to Richter, is help with the gas. He noted that he would “love to have (Waverly) as a partner”. Richter also mentioned that the Town of Ashland was willing to be in the deal and that the Town of Chemung would buy the truck regardless of what Waverly said. Mayor Kyle McDuffee stated that the project was in the preliminary stages and he wanted to “make sure it was affordable” first and foremost and to look at all the issues surrounding the Truck cover. He did say it “sounds like a great idea” and that Richter is “very good at what he is doing” but that it’s going to come down to a “bottom line figure.” Code Enforcement Officer Larry Lanternman, who currently uses his private Truck cover on the job, is for the truck, stating that his vehicle has put a lot of miles on since he bought it and that it wasn’t just gas but tires and wear and tear that costs him.