The Fairfield governing body passed a bond ordinance that will provide an appropriation of $1.2 million for the acquisition of a fire truck for the township and authorizes the issuance of $302,000 bonds or notes of the township for financing part of the appropriation, tapinto.net reported.  

A Fairfield city official said that the $1.2 million includes the sum of $391,146.39 from the 2021 American Rescue Plan, $391,146.39 from the 2022 American Rescue Plan and $100,000 from the Essex County Improvement Authority, according to the report. In this way Fairfield has been relieved of much of the cost, the city official said.