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Smithfield council approves $238,600 appropriation to buy emergency response van
Summary
The Smithfield Town Council voted to appropriate $238,600 from unappropriated fund balance to buy a new Emergency Response Team van, a purchase officials said will avoid roughly $50,000 in financing costs and is available immediately through a state contract.
The Smithfield Town Council on July 1 adopted a resolution to appropriate $238,600 from the general fund unappropriated balance to the police department operating budget to buy a replacement Emergency Response Team (ERT) vehicle.
Town Manager Michael Stallings told council members the department had planned to replace the van through the town's enterprise lease program but that budget savings from unfilled positions and other underruns gave the town enough cash to pay for the vehicle outright. "We had sufficient…
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