October council agenda includes firetruck purchases and shooting sports park board appointments.

Crossville City Council holds their regular October meeting Tuesday, October 10 and will consider the purchase of two new fire trucks, one with a 107-foot ladder that fire officials say will reach all current Crossville buildings.

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The council's busy night starts at 5:00 PM with the audit committee meeting followed by a closed executive session at 5:30 PM and the regular council meeting begins at 6 PM in the council chambers at city hall. The only thing allowed in a closed executive session is for an attorney to provide information on lawsuits and council members can ask questions. Council members are not allowed to discuss or deliberate any action during a closed executive session.

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The 2 Fire trucks the department would like to purchase include a pumper truck that would replace a 24-year-old truck that would be traded in for a $12,000 reduction of the cost of the deal. In addition, the proposed ladder truck would replace a 1994 ladder truck with a 75-foot reach. The older ladder truck would be put in reserve as a backup truck to be used as needed.

Council will also consider using a Texas-based cooperative that allows governments across the country access to purchasing through the Texas inter-local cooperation Act similar to the Tennessee state contract purchases. This buyers cooperative that will reduce the price of the fire apparatus by some 10 percent as the cooperative bid contracts almost 2 years ago and the purchase must be completed by the end of the month when the new prices go into effect. Those savings will allow the city to purchase the necessary additional material to fully equip the trucks within the amount saved.

The cost of the two trucks with the cooperative pricing comes to $1,605,172.54 with the addition of $162,047 for equipping the trucks the total cost is $1,779,249.54. The city will pay for the trucks and then finance the purchase over 10 years.

Also on the agenda is the appointment of two members of the Shooting Sports Park board. As part of the agreement for the city to provide land for the project, the board agreed to allow the city to appoint two members to the board. The city will consider the four names the city has received so far and vote on the appointments at the meeting.

The request by the West Cumberland Utility District to purchase water from the city in the future has been under discussion and councilman J. H. Graham will report to the council on the status of those discussions.