Public Safety Committee forwards Webster Groves firing‑range MOU and approves hydraulic rescue tool purchase to full board

The Brentwood Public Safety Committee on May 28 voted to forward two items to the full Board of Aldermen: a memorandum of understanding with Webster Groves for use of an indoor firing range, and a purchase request for hydraulic rescue tools totaling $38,014.22.

Committee members moved and seconded both items. On the MOU, the roll call was recorded as "Yes" by Chairman Plesska, Alderman Gould and Alderman Harter and the motion to forward the agreement passed 3‑0. The committee then considered the fire department’s request to purchase loose equipment for a new engine; the department described the hydraulic rescue tool as the largest line item and said the equipment carries the longest battery warranty among quoted options.

Aldermen asked whether the estimated loose‑equipment budget aligned with prior budgeting; fire staff replied the purchase was in line with expectations and that the loose equipment list includes more than 200 individual items but none exceeded this threshold except the hydraulic tool bundle. The motion to approve the purchase and forward to the Board of Aldermen also passed by roll call 3‑0.

Both actions will now go to the Board of Aldermen for final approval. Committee minutes record the votes as 3‑0 on both items; no amendments were offered at committee.