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Simsbury board weighs capital help for volunteer ambulance; asks manager to pursue scenarios
Summary
Town officials discussed a staff request to help purchase a $250,000 ambulance for the volunteer SVAA, debated capital vs. operating support and asked staff to negotiate MOU options and gather comparative data before final budget decisions.
The Board of Selectmen spent an extended portion of its Jan. 12 meeting discussing a request from the Simsbury Volunteer Ambulance Association (SVAA) for capital assistance to buy a replacement ambulance (town staff cited an estimated cost of about $250,000).
Town Manager Mark (identified in meeting remarks) said the prior three‑year memorandum of understanding (MOU) with SVAA helped stabilize operations but that SVAA remains thinly…
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