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Cleveland authorizes acceptance of tanker grant, agrees to provide roughly $500,000 local match
Summary
Council authorized staff to accept a $300,000 tanker grant that requires approximately $500,000 in local funding (to be covered with debt proceeds or future debt issuance), and approved the motion 5–0. Staff reported construction timelines and bid ranges for apparatus costs.
Cleveland City Council voted Dec. 9 to authorize staff to accept a tanker grant award and to provide the applicable local match, estimated in the meeting record at approximately $500,000; the motion passed unanimously.
A city representative outlined the department’s efforts to secure apparatus funding and said the city applied for the tanker grant roughly 13 years earlier and was awarded $300,000 on Oct. 14, 2025. Staff presented vendor-bid information…
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