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Commissioners debate $300,000 rescue truck and overall fire apparatus costs during FY26 budget review
Summary
Commissioners and fire/rescue representatives discussed whether to delay or scale back a $300,000 rescue truck purchase, and explored using smaller vehicle platforms to lower costs.
During discussion of the FY26 budget, commissioners and fire-rescue stakeholders debated a planned $300,000 rescue truck purchase that several commissioners said could be simplified or postponed to save money this year. The rescue truck request and broader fire apparatus costs formed part of a wider budget review of equipment and capital purchases.
Why it matters: Large capital purchases affect the county’s capital-improvement…
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