The council’s action appropriates $200,000 from the city’s equipment fund and $2,070,576 from its 2016-17 fiscal year general fund surplus to the capital improvement program’s fire apparatus replacement plan, staff reports state.
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Fire Chief Robert Mihovich told council members the current fire truck has a lot of mechanical problems, mostly age-related.
He said new fire trucks turn better, which is important when responding to calls from high-density developments as well as older areas of the city. Mihovich asserted crews would be able to set up faster at fires with the newer apparatus too.