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Charleston council approves package of vehicle and training equipment purchases

City Council of Charleston, West Virginia · January 5, 2026
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Summary

By voice vote the council adopted a series of Finance Committee recommendations authorizing purchases of multiple vehicles for city departments and a SimMan ALS training mannequin; the items were approved as individual resolutions (26-001 through 26-009).

Council adopted a series of Finance Committee recommendations to purchase vehicles and training equipment across multiple city departments in a set of individual resolutions read by the clerk.

The council voted by voice on a sequence of resolutions authorizing purchases through competitively bid statewide contracts. Joseph Jenkins, who presented the Finance Committee recommendations, characterized the items as budgeted capital replacements. The items approved included (amounts and purposes as read into the record):

• Resolution 26-001: one Ford F-150 crew cab for Engineering, $44,700.…

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