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Fire department pushes SCBA replacement to 2026; council told radios will be purchased this year for $38,000
Summary
A city staffer told council the fire department asked to move a planned replacement of 10 SCBA sets from 2025 to 2026 and instead purchase radios this year for roughly $38,000, a change that will alter the previously budgeted capital-improvement plan.
City staff notified Twinsburg City Council on June 10 that the fire department requested moving the planned replacement of 10 self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) sets—budgeted at $185,000 for phase one of three—into 2026. Staff said the department inadvertently omitted replacement radios from last year’s capital plan and now seeks to swap the SCBA project for radio replacements costing about $38,000.
In the meeting, Staff member Christina told council the radios fall below the competitive-bid threshold and the department wants to proceed with replacement this year; the SCBA project will be deferred to 2026 for planning reasons. Council was advised that no formal council action was required that night; staff said the change is an internal capital-plan timing adjustment.
Council members asked whether the radios were intended as a temporary holdover; Christina replied the radios are necessary replacements and estimated the need at six to eight radios plus maintenance, with a total cost of $38,000.
The transcript records that council did not take formal action that evening on this change; staff said they wanted council awareness of the capital-plan swap.
