Finance Committee - 01/15/2020 Page 2
ON THE QUESTION
Mayor Donchess
What we have here is something that’s not totally unusual but it’s not the typical item. This is a notice of an
emergency expenditure that had to be made which under the ordinances of the city the Mayor has to inform
the Board of Aldermen via the Finance Committee about. Here we’re simply moving to accept the
communication and place it on file. This is an emergency repair that was already done and this is simply a
communication telling you that this has occurred. Any questions or comments?
MOTION CARRIED
There being no objection, Mayor Donchess accepted the communication and placed it on file.
From: Dan Kooken, Purchasing Manager
Re: Scheduled Replacement of Ladder Truck (Value: $1,311,817)
Department: 152 Fire Rescue; Fund: Cerf
MOTION BY ALDERMAN HARRIOTT-GATHRIGHT TO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE, AND AWARD THE
CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE OF A 2020 PIERCE ARROW XT AERIAL LADDER TRUCK WITH
ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT TO ALLEGIANCE FIRE AND RESCUE IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,311,817.
FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN DEPARTMENT 152 FIRE RESCUE; FUND: CERF
ON THE QUESTION
Mayor Donchess
We have Chief Rhodes to | think explain this item for us.
Fire Chief Rhodes
Good evening and Happy New Year to the Board. | am Brian Rhodes. | have the pleasure of serving as your
Fire Chief. This evening | have Deputy Chief Steve Buxton with me.
Tonight we are here to request funds for the purchase of a 105 foot aerial ladder truck. That is on the CERF
schedule replacement plan for this year. What we typical do is we have our ladder trucks in service for 15
years. We then place one in reserve status so that we can always maintain operational readiness in the city
because there’s always a breakdown, or there is always preventative maintenance, or something. What we
will do is the vehicle we are replacing would become the reserve apparatus and we'd be replacing the vehicle
known in our organization as “Ladder 4” which is a 1995 105 foot aerial. The reason why we’ve kind of got out
of the rotation with this was four years ago we purchased Ladder 2 which is a 95 foot platform. We couldn’t
keep the other platform as a spare. We didn’t’ want two so we sold that outright. This Board approved that
sale to the Town of Orleans, Vermont. This is why this vehicle Ladder 4 is at the 25 year mark which
coincidentally is still functioning today in front line service.
If there are any other questions, | could let Chief Buxton speak because he has worked diligently with the
Apparatus Committee as to what this replacement will be.
Mayor Donchess
Of course this is contingent upon the Board of Aldermen passing the bond that was introduced last night which
would pay for the ladder.
