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Crafton lists capital equipment and facility needs including earlier ladder-truck replacement, elevator work and a new sweeper
Summary
The workshop included capital requests: the fire department now expects to need a ladder truck sooner (staff cited roughly $2 million), a possible elevator replacement (near 30 years old), a non-CDL street sweeper (~$200,000 trade-in), skid-steer brush (~$10,000) and SCBA reserve funding for firefighter breathing apparatus.
Council heard a series of capital-equipment and facility requests at the Sept. 24 budget workshop that staff said should be prioritized in the coming budget process.
Fire apparatus: staff said the volunteer fire departments ladder truck replacement may be needed earlier than initially scheduled. Staff reported earlier assumptions scheduled a replacement in 2035 but that the department now anticipates needing replacement closer to 2030; staff…
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