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TUNER ACHINE a SUPPLY, PORT PIERCE $19,995.00 EAGLE FIRE TRUCKS, INC., BELLE VIEW, FLA. $29,921.00 ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DEESON, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE ABOVE BIDS BEING REFERRED TO THE ADMINIS— TRATOR FOR EVALUATION WITH THE CONSULTATION OF THE SEBASTIAN VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT. CHIEF ARAND OF THE SEBASTIAN VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT DISCUSSED WITH THE BOARD THEIR NEED FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE 1800 GALLON TANK FOR THEIR NEW FIRE TRUCK, HE NOTED THAT THEY HAD USED THE SAME ESTIMATED PRICE GIVEN THE VERO BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT, BUT IT TURNED OUT THAT THE COMPANY THAT BUILT THEIR TRUCK INADVERTENTLY DID NOT INCLUDE A LABOR CHARGE OF ALMOST $10,000, AND THEY WOULD NOT, OF COURSE, TAKE A LOSS OF THAT SIZE AGAIN. CHAIRMAN WODTKE NOTED THAT THE VERO BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD TO CUT THEIR LARGE TANK DOWN TO A SMALLER SIZE BECAUSE IT WAS UNWIELDY TO DRIVE AROUND. CHIEF ARAND POINTED OUT THAT THEY REALLY NEED A LARGE TANK BE— CAUSE OF THE SMALLER AMOUNT OF FIRE HYDRANTS AVAILABLE IN THEIR AREA. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT SAID HE UNDERSTOOD THE SEBASTIAN VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD CONTRIBUTED AN EXTRA $3,000 AND HAD BEEN GIVEN ANOTHER $2,000 BY THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN, AND COMMISSIONER LOY NOTED THAT WOULD GIVE THEM ABOUT $35,000 TO WORK WITH, INCLUDING THE AMOUNT PREVIOUSLY PLEDGED BY THE COUNTY. CHIEF ARAND AGREED, BUT NOTED THAT BEYOND THIS, THEY WILL STILL HAVE TO EQUIP THE TRUCK WHICH WILL COST ANOTHER $4,000 OR $5,000. DISCUSSION FOLLOWED AS TO WHETHER THE TRUCK COULD BE OBTAINED BEFORE THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. CHIEF ARAND FELT THAT IT COULD AND STATED THEY WILL NEED TO KNOW WHETHER THEY WILL GET THE MONEY IN THEIR BUDGET. e a COMMISSIONER Loy POINTED OUT THE BOARD MUST DETERMINE HOW MUCH MONEY WILL BE NEEDED, AND THE BIDS MUST BE EVALUATED BEFORE THIS CAN BE t DETERMINED. a 16 . cce�pp � UL 61077 800K . 30 PAGE194