Pulaski County fiscal court allows rescue squad to surplus vehicle and approves repeater purchase for fire communications

Pulaski County Fiscal Court authorized the county rescue squad to surplus a 2008 Chevrolet Suburban and to keep the proceeds for department replacement, and it approved purchase of a new repeater system for the county fire communications network.

Mr. Stacy presented the rescue squad’s request to surplus the 2008 Chevrolet Suburban, describing the vehicle as high-mileage with rust. The court approved the request and directed funds to return to the department for replacement. Mr. Ranshaw moved the surplus motion and Mr. Wheeland seconded; the motion passed by voice vote.

Mr. Stacy also asked for court permission to purchase a new repeater system for the county fire system. He told the court the purchase exceeds the $5,000 administrative threshold, so explicit court approval was required. The court approved the purchase (motion by Mr. Ranshaw; second by Mr. Turpin). No purchase amount was specified in the transcript.

Why it matters: The repeater supports radio communications for county fire departments; surplus of the aged Suburban will allow the rescue squad to apply funds toward replacement equipment.

No roll-call vote tally was entered in the transcript; motions were adopted by voice vote.