The Apache Junction City Council on Aug. 20 approved as part of a consent agenda with other items a $599,600 contract with San Tan Ford, paid for with highway user revenue funds; and a $1,626,902 contract with San Tan Ford and Freightliner, with money from the general fund.

Both are from cooperative contracts and total $2,226,502.

The public works department budgeted $599,600 for one replacement forklift, two replacement brooms, two replacement vehicles, two additional vehicles and one new flail mower attachment. Equipment and vehicle purchases include lighting and equipment, Public Works Director Ted Wolff said in a memo to the council.

The public works department budgeted $1,626,902 for one additional community outreach vehicle, one homeless-outreach additional vehicle, three additional vehicles in the patrol division, one replacement in the traffic division, one replacement vehicle in the patrol division, one additional cargo van for animal control, two additional vehicles for Development Services, one additional vehicle for Information Technology, three additional vehicles for Parks and Recreation, four replacement vehicles for Parks and Recreation, one additional tractor for Parks and Recreation, one additional vehicle for Facilities, and one replacement vehicle for Facilities. The purchase of these vehicles includes lighting and all equipment, Wolff said in another memo to the council.