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Gainesville council approves fire, solid-waste equipment purchases, joins DLA LESO program; tables apartment tax exemption and disapproves cemetery shop bid
Summary
The council approved contracts to secure prices for new brush and ladder fire trucks, authorized Police Department participation in the DLA LESO program, approved several solid-waste vehicles, appointed a 'Save the Train' liaison, approved Hotel/Motel agreements, tabled a tax-exemption request for Summit at Lexington Square, and disapproved a cemetery shop construction bid 4-3.
At its Oct. 21 meeting the Gainesville City Council approved a package of equipment and administrative resolutions covering public safety, solid waste and tourism funding and took separate action to table a proposed tax exemption and to disapprove a construction bid for a cemetery shop.
Council approved resolutions authorizing the City Manager to sign proposals with Siddons Martin Emergency Group, LLC to secure contract prices for a new brush truck and a new ladder truck for the Gainesville Fire Department. The brush-truck resolution was moved by Mayor Pro Tem Mary Jo Dollar and seconded by Councilmember Jeff…
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