The Mesa County Commission approved a resolution June 30 to issue purchase orders for vehicles and equipment in accordance with the county’s 2026 schedule for replacing vehicles.

According to a Mesa County news release, 21 pieces of equipment met the requirements to be replaced this year, and the county’s Fleet Management department issued purchase orders to qualified vendors in the amount of $2,120,474.88, leaving $270,936.12 in the vehicle-replacement budget. During the 2026 budget-planning process, just under $2.4 million was approved for vehicle and equipment capital replacement.

The news release said the purchase orders include everything from a basic Ford F-150 work truck to diesel Western Star vocational trucks, which are used as dump trucks and concrete mixers. One of the basic F-150s cost $43,552, making it the least expensive on the order. The highest cost was $319,716, for a 2026 Kenworth in the Road and Bridge department. That vehicle, an asphalt distributor, replaced equipment from 1996.

The vehicles come from dealerships in Grand Junction, Greeley and others, the news release said. The old equipment will go to local auctions.