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Clinton City forwards sale of surplus fire engine to nearby department for $15,000
Summary
Council voted to forward a purchase agreement to sell surplus engine No. 57 to a neighboring department for $15,000 after staff said refurbishment would cost roughly $337,911 and long-term storage raised maintenance concerns.
The Committee of the Whole voted to forward a purchase agreement to sell Clinton City’s surplus reserve fire engine No. 57 to a nearby volunteer department for $15,000.
Fire Chief Mike Bush told the council the truck — replaced by the department’s newest unit, No. 55 — was listed with a broker and repeatedly reduced in price after receiving no interest. “The cost just to refurb it was $337,911,” Bush said, and staff found converting or…
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