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Committee reviews conduit bond requests for two volunteer fire companies

New Castle County Administrative Finance Committee · March 24, 2026
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Summary

Council members discussed two conduit financing resolutions: R26-073 for Christiana Fire Company to buy Seagrave apparatus and R26-074 for Brandywine Hunter Fire Company to improve its station (requested amount $1.2 million). Council members described conduit bonding as using the county’s AAA rating to secure lower interest for the borrowers; no final committee votes on the resolutions were recorded in the transcript.

The Administrative Finance Committee on March 24 reviewed two separate resolutions seeking county conduit-authority support for volunteer fire companies.

Councilman Toole presented R26-073 on behalf of the Christiana Fire Company, saying the company plans to purchase a Seagrave Marauder aerial unit and a Seagrave Marauder…

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