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Selectmen approve sale of ladder truck for $5,000 to fund new fire truck
Summary
Fire department reported an offer to buy the ladder truck during the lobster festival; the board approved selling the ladder truck for $5,000 and the department voted to give festival proceeds to the town for the new truck fund.
A restorationist approached a firefighter during the lobster festival with an offer to buy the town's ladder truck, the Fire Chief/Road Commissioner reported at the Aug. 25 Selectmen meeting. The minutes state the board approved the sale for $5,000 and that the money will be put toward the purchase of a new fire truck.
The minutes also record that members of the fire department voted to give all money raised during the lobster festival to the town to go toward the new fire truck. The minutes do not record a formal roll-call vote for the sale or list mover/second names; they state the board "approves the sale of the ladder truck for $5,000.00."
