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Selectmen debate town support for volunteer ambulance purchase; town manager warns against owning vehicle
Summary
Board discussed assisting the Simsbury Volunteer Ambulance Association (SVAA) buy a $250,000 ambulance. Town counsel and the manager said the town cannot legally own the vehicle; members discussed using capital reserves to provide up to about $196,000 (net of fundraising) and holding a lien to protect taxpayers.
Simsbury's Board of Selectmen spent a lengthy portion of its Feb. 28 special meeting debating whether to help the Simsbury Volunteer Ambulance Association buy a new ambulance.
The association has requested roughly $250,000 for a new van-style ambulance. Mark, the town manager, told the board the town could not legally own the ambulance or bond for it because it would be owned by an unrelated organization. He said, however, the town has capital reserves that could be used to help if the board was inclined to do so and…
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