Board of Aldermen Page 12
July 12, 2016
| think we should have done something while the explosion was happening down there with the Flatley
Company; absolutely. We did it when they built the Pink Palace. They bought that truck. You want to
build that building then we need a truck to service it. You have to maintain all of this high tech equipment
and this was one of the original items on the Capital Improvements list back when it first started a long
time ago.
Alderman Schoneman
If a truck breaks down, there are lots of things that can break down on a truck. If a truck breaks down
and is mobile, do we let it sit there or do we move it somewhere else and bring a truck in. If we have this
third bay are we planning on moving a third truck permanently to the station and if so, are we reducing
coverage somewhere else.
Chief Galipeau
Any situation where there is a motor, transmission or break issue, the truck doesn’t move until the
mechanic has a chance to evaluate it even if it is mobile. During the winter months when the traffic is
peaked out on D.W. Highway we can make some operational changes at no additional cost, it’s just a
matter of realigning our response model with existing personnel. In the summer or spring when brush
season is extremely high then we have the ability to put a forestry truck down there and house it there on
a regular basis. It’s not any additional cost.
Alderman Schoneman
So if the breakage on the truck does not involve its drivability do we then move that broken truck
somewhere else to be fixed and bring in a replacement or do we let a drivable truck stay there?
Chief Galipeau
It depends on the situation and it would not be moved until we at least had a discussion with our
superintendent of the fleet.
A Viva Voce Roll Call was taken, which resulted as follows:
Yea: Alderman Wilshire, Alderman Deane, Alderman Cookson, 14
Alderman Dowd, Alderman Caron, Alderman Siegel,
Alderman Schoneman, Alderwoman Melizzi-Golja,
Alderman McGuinness, Alderman LeBrun, Alderman Moriarty,
Alderman O’Brien, Alderman Lopez, Alderman McCarthy
Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED
Resolution R-16-040 declared duly adopted.
