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Sisterdale seeks truck reconfiguration; county clerk lists $230,000 capital item for review
Summary
Sisterdale officials said they were planning to reconfigure an older pickup for ALS response (about $30,000 in modifications) and the clerk flagged a separate $230,000 truck upgrade for the county list to review for the budget finalization meeting.
Sisterdale's representative told commissioners the department is exploring reconfiguring an older pickup into an ALS‑capable response vehicle — a retrofit the speaker estimated would add about $30,000 in capital costs — rather than buying a brand‑new apparatus.
County staff later summarized capital items for tomorrow's vote and included a $230,000 truck upgrade request for Sisterdale on the list of items to consider. Commissioners asked staff to verify numbers and whether a used attenuator/blocker vehicle might be a cost‑effective alternative for interstate scene protection.
Department representatives said they could work within the 5% baseline for routine operations but flagged the capital upgrade as the main outstanding need to be evaluated alongside other county requests.
