Hamtramck council approves $29,005 purchase of battery‑powered extrication tools for fire department

Hamtramck City Council on Aug. 1 approved Resolution 2025‑91 to purchase a second set of battery‑powered extrication tools for the fire department, a staff presentation said.

A fire department representative told the council the purchase is the second half of a planned upgrade split across two budget cycles. The department had budgeted $30,000 and the purchase came in at $29,005.33 from the general fund, the presenter said.

"This will completely update our extrication equipment, and it will also allow us to expand our setup a little bit where we can have extrication equipment now on 3 pieces of apparatus instead of just 1 as we had in the past," the fire department representative said.

Council members asked about funding sources and were told the purchase comes from the general fund. The presenter identified the purchase as a set of four tools, and said the break into two budget cycles spread costs across fiscal years.

The council moved the item, and the meeting record states "resolution 2025‑91 approved." The transcript does not include a full, named roll call with individual votes in the available excerpt; the presiding officer announced the resolution approved immediately after the vote call.

The procurement amount recorded in the presentation was $29,005.33. Staff indicated no additional funding source was required for the purchased set and did not list any follow‑up reporting requirement in the meeting discussion.