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Loudon selectmen send $1.7 million ladder-truck bond to town meeting after tower goes out of service
Summary
The Loudon Board of Selectmen voted Feb. 5 to place a $1.7 million warrant article on the March 15 town meeting ballot to buy an aerial ladder truck after officials said the town's existing tower truck is out of service and unreliable.
LOUDON, N.H. — The Loudon Board of Selectmen voted Feb. 5 to place a $1.7 million warrant article on the March 15 town meeting ballot to buy an aerial ladder truck after officials described the department’s current tower truck as unreliable and out of service.
The article authorizes $1,700,000 for an aerial ladder truck: $1,300,000 to be financed by bonds and $400,000 to be withdrawn from the fire department equipment capital reserve fund. The warrant language also authorizes the selectmen to apply for federal, state or other aid and sets the first-year debt service payment at about $32,500. The article requires a three-fifths majority on the ballot.
Why it mattered: Fire and public-safety officials…
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