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Selectmen approve sale of ladder truck for $5,000; lobster festival proceeds to fund new truck
Summary
A restorationist offered to buy Winter Harbor's ladder truck; the Selectmen voted to approve a $5,000 sale and the fire department agreed to donate lobster festival proceeds to the town toward a new fire truck.
The Fire Chief/Road Commissioner reported that, during the lobster festival, a restorationist approached a firefighter with an offer to purchase the town’s ladder truck. The board approved the sale of the ladder truck for $5,000; the minutes state the town will apply those proceeds toward purchasing a new fire truck.
The minutes also record that fire department members voted to give all money raised during the lobster festival to the town to go toward the new fire truck. The action is recorded as an approval by the board; no purchaser name, sale contract number, or closing timeline is specified in the minutes.
