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Fire chief: ladder defect will cost nearly $250,000; council to consider funding next meeting
Summary
Fire Chief Kevin Patton said a routine check found a ladder defect that will require nearly $250,000 in repairs and a new ladder build that takes about six months; council members said they prefer repair to replacement and will consider funding at the next meeting.
Fire Chief Kevin Patton told the Ellitzville Town Council that a routine inspection revealed a problem with an aerial ladder that will require roughly $250,000 to repair and that a new ladder must be fabricated.
Patton said the ladder build takes about six months, but the fire truck itself will be out of service for only about a month while the new ladder is installed. Council member Scott Oldm urged the council to repair the vehicle rather than purchase a new apparatus, arguing that maintaining redundancy among apparatus is essential to public safety for the county’s size and changing response needs.
Patton said the council will discuss how to fund the repair at its next meeting. No formal funding motion or vote was recorded in the publicly available transcript.
