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Huachuca City council approves submission of federal funding requests for a ladder fire truck and water-meter upgrades
Summary
Town Manager Suzanne Harvey received council approval to submit Congressionally Directed Spending requests for a ladder fire truck (estimated $1.5M purchase with ~$200–300k local match) and water-meter upgrades; council prioritized the fire truck and approved submission to both the House and Senate offices.
Town Manager Suzanne Harvey asked the Huachuca City Council to approve submitting Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) requests seeking funds for a new ladder fire truck and for water meter upgrades.
Harvey said the town submitted a retroactive request to Congressman Juan Ciscomani’s office before that office’s internal deadline and asked permission to submit the same fire-truck request to Senator Mark Kelly to increase the town’s chances of receiving funding. She described the truck request as $1.3 million in federal funds with an estimated local match of $200,000–$300,000, making the total purchase about $1.5 million. Harvey said the truck is needed as the town’s current apparatus is approaching the end of its useful life and that a replacement can affect the town’s ISO rating and residents’ insurance costs.
Harvey also requested funding for a program of water-meter upgrades and asked the council to prioritize the fire truck as the top request. Johann R. Wallace moved to approve the retroactive submission to the House and to submit to the Senate as a priority for the fire truck with water-meter upgrades as second priority; Christy Hirshberg seconded and the motion passed unanimously.
