The amount came in lower than the city originally anticipated. In late November, the City Council voted unanimously to approve the three-year lease-purchase of a new Sutphen Heavy Duty Custom Pumper Truck for the AFD at a cost not to exceed $496,025 “plus any associated costs for leasing the equipment.”
The lease payments are already included in the 2018 fiscal year budget, council members said previously, and the Fire Department will own the truck after the $483,521 amount is paid off.
Alabaster Fire Chief Jim Golden said the new truck will replace aging AFD equipment and likely will be delivered by mid-summer of 2018 after it is built to the AFD’s specifications.