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Huachuca City approves submissions for a ladder fire truck and water meter upgrades
Summary
The council approved staff's submittals for Congressionally Directed Spending requests, prioritizing a $1.3 million Community Project Funding request for a ladder fire truck (estimated total cost ~$1.5 million with local match) and a second request for water meter upgrades.
Town Manager Suzanne Harvey told the council she had submitted a retroactive Community Project Funding (CPF) request to Representative Juan Ciscomani for a ladder fire truck and asked permission to submit the same request to Senator Mark Kelly in hopes of increasing chances of receiving federal support. Harvey said the town's current fire engine is nearing the end of its useful life and that replacement affects the town's ISO rating and, by extension, residents' insurance costs.
"I would like to ask permission this time to submit the same request to Senator Mark Kelly," Harvey said, and described the request as a $1.3 million CPF request with an estimated local match of about $200,000 to $300,000 for a roughly $1.5 million purchase. Harvey also asked to include water meter upgrades as a second-priority request and explained that some federal and agency approvals and a local match would be required if funding is approved.
Council voted unanimously to approve the retroactive submission to Congressman Ciscomani and to authorize staff to submit the request to Senator Kelly, with the ladder truck designated the top priority and water meter upgrades second. The motion was moved by Mayor Johann Wallace and seconded by Councilmember Christy Hirshberg.
Provenance: Request explanation and Council approval appear in the meeting record (topic introduced SEG 017; approval recorded SEG 019).
