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The Towaco (NJ) Volunteer Fire Department announced that it will be holding a public vote on December 20 with regards to acquiring a new $1.6 million custom chassis 100-foot mid-mount tower/ladder.

The vote will be held from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. that Monday at Station 1, located at 27 Whitehall Rd.

“The legal voters of Fire District No. 2 may appear at the meeting and vote on the proposed resolution,” a press release says.

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Firefighters with the Towaco (NJ) Volunteer Fire Department, in Montville, are asking voters for $1.6 million to buy a new 100-foot mid-mount aerial at a special meeting on Dec. 20, according to a story published by the web site TAPintoMontville.

The report says the custom tower/ladder will be built by Pierce and is being purchased to help access emergencies at two new condo complexes recently approved and will replace a truck built in the early 1980s.

Fire officials in Montville told the web site reporter that the department tries to buy new trucks every five to seven years and it has enough money in its budget to buy the new aerial outright. The truck would be custom built, if approved, to the specification of the Towaco firefighters and designed specifically to fit under railroad passes in the community, the website reported.

The resolution to buy the new truck has to pass voters on Dec. 20, also pass when the fire district’s budget is voted on in February, the website reported.

The city of Edina, MN, is seeking $10 million from the state legislature to replace an existing fire station and create a community health and safety center, according to report published by the Sun Current.

According to the newspaper, the city wants to replace Fire Station 2 and relocated its community health sector into one facility. Funding is being requested through the Minnesota legislature’s 2022 state capital investment and bonding bill. The total cost of the project is $20 million with the local community matching any state funds it may receive, according to the article.

The newspaper reported the facility would have firefighting services, as well as emergency medical services and the ECMO vehicle the city recently acquired through a partnership with the University of Minnesota as well as additional staff of about eight to nine full-time firefighters.

The new facility would also handle the Community Health Division, which is part of the fire department, overseeing recycling, rental housing licensing and inspection services, as well as swimming pool inspections, the newspaper reported.

The legislative session begins on Jan. 31 and to be funded, the request must be negotiated by the senate and house of representatives and included in a final joint bonding bill which, if approved, must be signed by the Minnesota governor, the newspaper reported.