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Officials flag potential $2M-plus fire ladder truck replacement; council to weigh funding options
Summary
At the 2026 budget workshop, finance staff told council the fire department’s ladder truck may need replacement sooner than expected, with costs likely above $2 million and a multi-year lead time; staff suggested multiple funding options including bonds or targeted saving but no decision was made.
Finance staff told council during the 2026 budget workshop that the borough’s ladder truck — a high-cost, specialty fire apparatus — may need replacement earlier than anticipated. Staff said the truck was paid off in 2023 but that prices for similar apparatus have risen substantially. “It is expected to be a $2,000,000 plus purchase,” the presenter said, and noted that lead times for new apparatus can be several years. The presenter summarized prior planning assumptions: equipment cycles had been treated as a 30-year life per piece with a staggered replacement cycle, but the fire department now believes the…
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