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Napoleon council advances purchase and financing of new pumper fire truck amid vendor-name correction
Summary
Council members voted to advance legislation authorizing purchase and bonding for a new pumper fire truck. Staff signaled a late-discovered correction to the vendor name (Herb Fire Equipment vs. Suffin Corporation) and said an amendment would be filed before final reading.
The Napoleon City Council on June 16 advanced legislation to buy a pumper fire truck and to finance the purchase with bonds, with staff noting a vendor-name correction that will be amended in subsequent legislation.
Council introduced Resolution 022-25, authorizing expenditures above $50,000 to purchase a fire truck and to award the set purchase to Herb Fire Equipment. A staff presenter said it had come to light shortly before the meeting that the manufacturer on the contract is Suffin Corporation and that Herb Fire Equipment is the seller/agent. “It has just come to my attention that we actually pay the company called Suffin Corporation. They're the ones that make the… the fire truck; Herb Fire Equipment are just the salesman of this matter,” the presenter said, and staff asked the council to approve the resolution with an amendment to correct the vendor information on future readings.
Council voted in favor of amending the resolution and then voted to move the item to second reading with the amendment; a roll call showed all present voting yes. Relatedly, the council advanced ordinance 021-25, which would authorize issuing bonds in a maximum principal amount of $650,000 to pay for the fire truck and related equipment. The ordinance passed second reading and was moved to third reading.
City staff said the bonding process has been discussed in prior meetings; the council packet included answers from Chief Bowen about technical questions. No objections or alternate financing proposals were raised at the meeting. Council members who participated in roll-call votes included Ken, Bobby Weitzel, Jordan, Tom, Dr. Bates, Britney and Ross; roll-call votes on the resolution amendment and subsequent votes were recorded as unanimous among those present.
Staff told the council the vendor-name correction would be handled in the next reading and asked the law director to prepare amended legislation as needed. No final contract signing occurred at the meeting; the actions advanced the purchase and financing to later readings.
