Lower Towamensing Township will accept bids for its used bucket truck.

The township will receive bids until 4 p.m. Oct. 14, for a 1996 GMC bucket truck.Bids will be opened when the township's board of supervisors meet at 7 p.m. Oct. 14.Anyone who would like to see the truck should contact the township secretary at 610-826-2522.At a special meeting in July, supervisors agreed to spend $21,000 on a 2008 Ford F-350 from Penske Truck Leasing, of Reading, Berks County.The township had budgeted $50,000 in this year's budget for the truck, which replaces the 1996 bucket truck that supervisors previously said was not fully functional and was a safety hazard.