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Chelsea board considers selling old tanker for $20,000 and discusses proposed training burn
Summary
Board discussed an offer to sell Tank Two to a neighboring non-town fire department for $20,000 and considered plans to use an old house for firefighter training, subject to state tests and bill-of-sale requirements.
The Chelsea town board discussed an offer from a nearby, non-town fire department to purchase the town’s old tanker (Tank Two) for $20,000 and moved to sell the apparatus pending documentation.
Board members said the buyer made an earlier bid and that the $20,000 figure was considered fair given the truck’s age and storage concerns. A board member moved to sell Tank Two to the neighboring department; the board discussed requiring a bill of sale from the buyer and verifying how the buyer will finance the purchase because the buyer is a separate entity from the town.
Separately, the board discussed plans to use an adjacent old house as a controlled burn training site. The fire chief and members noted that two state-required tests must be completed before any burn and that safety and scheduling need further planning. No definitive schedule for the sale closing or the training burn was set during the meeting.
