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Clayton County approves purchase of six fire pumpers, debates financing amid fast deadline
Summary
The Board authorized a cooperative purchase of six large fire pumpers from a cooperative dealer and discussed whether to use $1 million in budgeted cash for one truck and finance the remaining five or finance all six; staff warned signing before Nov. 6 would avoid a price increase.
Clayton County commissioners voted Nov. 4 to approve a cooperative purchase of six fire pumpers, a move county staff said would preserve fleet uniformity and avoid an imminent price increase.
Chief Keith Sweat, who oversees the county’s fire apparatus, told the board a standard pumper carries about 750 gallons of water and can pump up to 2,000 gallons a minute. He said the department budget includes roughly $1 million in the FY26 capital lease payment account that could be used to buy one pumper outright while financing the remaining five.
"My recommendation is to use my current million dollars in…
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