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Freestone County accepts $150,000 donation for volunteer fire truck
Summary
Commissioners accepted a $150,000 donation from Fairfield Lake and Golf to reimburse part of the county’s $250,000 share for a volunteer fire department truck; the court moved, seconded and recorded the motion as carried.
Chair (S1) summarized a grant and county cost-share for a volunteer fire truck and said Fairfield Lake and Golf provided a $150,000 check to reimburse part of the county’s $250,000 portion. He noted the grant had been pending for several years and that the donation moved the truck to the top of the list.
The chair moved to accept the donation; the motion was seconded and carried. Staff described that the county’s portion of the truck purchase was $250,000 and that the donation would reimburse the county $150,000 toward that amount.
Commissioners expressed appreciation for the private donation and said a county representative (name not recorded) had shown the donor the truck to demonstrate the use of funds. No additional conditions on the donation were discussed on the record.
The action was recorded as accepted; no vote tally was included in the transcript excerpt.
