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Huntersville approves purchase of two Seagrave pumper trucks and budget appropriation
Summary
The Huntersville Board approved buying two Seagrave Marauder pumper trucks through a cooperative purchasing program and appropriated $2,564,007 from the emergency services fund balance for the purchase.
The Huntersville Board of Commissioners on June 17 approved the purchase of two Seagrave Marauder pumper trucks at a total cost of $2,564,007 and adopted a budget amendment to appropriate emergency services fund balance to pay for the purchase.
Fire leadership told the board the purchase replaces an older 2018 apparatus and will support Station 5, now planned for Raymond Church Road. Chief representatives said construction lead time for the vehicles is about three years and eight months, meaning delivery is expected in 2028 or early 2029.
The fire department said the apparatus are ordered through the HGACBuy/HDA Cooperative procurement process (a group purchasing arrangement) to match equipment used across neighboring agencies and reduce training time and maintenance complexity. The chief noted the town has a capital reserve for fire vehicles established when the department was municipalized and that the appropriation uses those saved funds, not a tax increase.
A motion to approve the purchase carried unanimously, and the board then approved the budget amendment appropriating $2,564,007 from the emergency services fund balance to capital outlay for the pumper trucks.
Commissioners and staff said standardized apparatus across nearby departments lowers training hours and that early ordering is required because of long manufacture lead times. No alternatives were presented at the meeting; funding was identified in capital planning and reserve balances.
