TONOPAH -- Nye County Commissioners went shopping for vehicles Tuesday, spending $144,766 among two Pahrump dealerships.

The commission approved the purchase of two Chevy Silverado pickup trucks for $45,892 from Pahrump Valley Auto Plaza for Commissioners Peter Liakopoulos and Butch Borasky. Borasky said he wanted a safer and more convenient vehicle to drive to commissioner meetings in Tonopah.

A bid was accepted from the Saitta Trudeau dealership for a Dodge Ram 1500 quad cab pickup for the Nuclear Waste Repository Project Office, at a cost of $25,764. This purchase will be paid out of the Independent Scientific Investigations Program, used to oversee the Yucca Mountain project.

The county will also tap into that fund to buy three Jeep Commander Sport four by four pickups from Saitta Trudeau for $73,111.