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Brian Lisik
Suburbanite correspondent
GREEN The Green Fire Department will be getting a new $1.3 million purchase ladder truck, paid in part by Nexus pipeline settlement funds.
Green City Council approved the purchase of the Pierce Velocity 100-foot heavy duty aerial platform fire truck at its Feb. 23 regular meeting.
Councilman At-Large Clark DeVitis explained that the truck is being paid out of the city’s ambulance billing and Nexus Gas Transmission pipeline funds, with the final cost coming in less than the city’s original $1.5 million allocation.
“This is a new ladder truck for the city and if we pay pre-pay for the truck upfront we’ll save $38,958,” DeVitis said. “So the price is with that discount applied.”