The Nederland Fire Department will soon add a new member to the team. The department is adding a $750,000 fire truck to the lineup and passing on their 1991 model, which will be used by Lamar University, Fire Chief Terry Morton said.
The city council voted to use money from the general fund as well as money previously donated to the department to buy the new truck back in late August of last year.
Duque said the remainder of the money came from the general fund thanks to a good sales tax year due to people buying locally to rebuild following Hurricane and Tropical Storm Harvey.
Buying a new fire engine is not the same as buying a new car. For Morton, the first step came in the month before the city council casted their vote. Morton was at a training session at Texas A&M when he saw what became the baseline for what the department purchased.