Anchorage Assembly weighs $1.47M purchase of three Peterbilt garbage trucks

Anchorage Solid Waste Services is asking the Anchorage Assembly to approve a $1,466,521 purchase of three garbage trucks at its Aug. 18, 2026, meeting. The trucks would replace existing vehicles in the utility's residential and commercial collection fleet.

The order covers one 40-cubic-yard commercial frontload truck at $466,183 and two 28-cubic-yard right-hand automated side-loaders at $500,169 each. All three would come from Craig Taylor Equipment Company, doing business as Peterbilt of Alaska. The prices include cabs, chassis, refuse bodies, extended warranties and make-ready work, funded through the approved 2026 Refuse Collection Capital Budget. The utility serves about 20% of Anchorage's population.

The purchase relies on Sourcewell Contract No. 032824-PMC, held by Peterbilt Motors Company through July 9, 2028. That cooperative contract saves the city $281,669 off a $1,748,190 list price, a discount of about 16%.

Anchorage's municipal charter requires the Assembly to set competitive bidding rules and any exceptions by ordinance. Title 7 of municipal code lists cooperative purchases like this one as an authorized procedure for purchases above the $50,000 bidding threshold.

General foreman Evalu Filitaula reviewed the Assembly memorandum, which states that keeping the 31-truck Peterbilt fleet uniform limits parts inventory and standardizes maintenance.