Acting On Study, Common Council
Votes To Buy $1.1 Million Fire Truck
ONEONTA – On the recommendations of the Center for Public Safety's 2014 study, Common Council Tuesday evening unanimously agreed to authorize the purchase of a brand new 100 Mid Mount Platform Fire Truck from Ferrara Fire Apparatus Inc in Louisiana to replace the failing 1987 ladder truck.
"This has been in the works for a long time," said Council Member Larry Malone. "We've managed to squirrel away $400,000, so we should be able to get it online in a timely manner."
In addition to the budgeted amount, Assemblyman Bill McGee, D-Nelson, and state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, secured two $250,000 grants through DASNY's State &d Municipal Facilities funding, meaning only $192,519 would come out of the city's general fund towards the purchase of the $1.1 million dollar vehicle."It's a sigh of relief," said OFD Chief Patrick Pidgeon. "This one has a 2,000 gallon per minute pump with a hose and a ladder. The 1987 truck has a ladder, but no pump."
He expects the apparatus to arrive in the fall.
