Marquette seeks state funding for $2M ladder truck and $600K plows; approves event permit and appointments

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At a Jan. 12 meeting the Marquette City Commission unanimously directed the city manager to request state funding for a new 110-foot ladder truck ($2,000,000, four-year lead time) and two Peterbilt plow chassis ($600,000 total, nine-month lead time), approved a three-year ski-marathon access permit and appointed Alex Wilkinson to the Board of Zoning Appeals.

The Marquette City Commission on Jan. 12 voted unanimously to ask state legislators to earmark funds for two major pieces of equipment: a 110-foot Pierce aerial ladder platform truck to replace a 1996 ladder truck (estimated cost $2,000,000; estimated lead time four years) and two Peterbilt model "5 48" all-wheel-drive plow truck chassis to replace two obsolete city plow trucks (estimated total $600,000; estimated lead time nine months). Commissioner Gottlieb moved to direct the city manager to submit the legislatively directed spending requests; Commissioner Davis seconded and the motion passed 7-0.

City Manager Kovacs told the commission the ladder truck is a critical piece of equipment for Marquette because of the community's dense downtown, the location of a regional hospital, state facilities and the university. "We are driving a 1996 model ladder truck,"…

Marquette seeks state funding for $2M ladder truck and $600K plows; approves event permit and appointments

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