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Riverside fire chief asks council to encumber funds for new engine after uptime, parts problems
Summary
Fire Chief requested a supplemental appropriation to encumber roughly $1 million to order a new pumper and about $60,000 for station facility repairs; council completed a first reading of the ordinance and will return for a second reading and public hearing.
Chief Miller (title in meeting: Fire Chief) told the City Council on June 16 that Riverside’s fire apparatus is aging and increasingly difficult and expensive to maintain, and asked council to encumber funds to place an order for a new engine.
The chief asked for approximately $60,000 for facility repairs — including replacing the apron at Station 6 — and about $1 million to encumber for a new engine. “The inflation on fire over the last 4 years has been 49%,” Chief Miller said, describing higher purchase prices and long lead times of two to three years for new fire apparatus.…
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