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Finance committee reviews fire department capital requests; council seeks confirmation on big-ticket purchases
Summary
Committee questioned timing, encumbrance status and scope of fire department requests including a lease line for a fire truck, an $80,000 commander vehicle, a $216,003.97 ambulance re‑chassis request and station renovations; staff will confirm whether late‑year contracts completed purchases originally removed from the 2024 budget.
The Finance Committee examined the Cleveland Heights Fire Department’s capital requests, asking the chief and finance staff to confirm which items were still outstanding and which had been finalized at the 2024 year-end close.
The department’s list includes a lease/payment line of $408,007.91 tied to a vehicle payment schedule, $80,000 for an incident commander/utility vehicle, $216,003.97 for an ambulance re‑chassis that had been approved in 2022 but not encumbered in 2024, and a fire engine previously budgeted at about $1,080,000. Councilors asked whether those items were…
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