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The Huron Expositor • July 15, 2009 Page 7
Months of debate ends after council chooses
to purchase new instead of used firetruck
Susan Iundertmark
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After months of debate over
whether Huron East should buy
a new or used fire tanker for the
Seaforth Fire Department; a 6-5
recorded vote decided in favour of
a new tanker truck.
While Huron East Fire Chief
Marty. Bedard has argued for a
new tanker truck all along, sev-
eral councilors have argued that a
used tanker would do the job just
as well.
Deputy -Mayor Bernie MacLel-
lan reiterated at the July 7 council
meting that council needs to take
some of the pressure off of the bud-
get by buying a used tanker.
"The idea was to break up the
purchasing year and get something
to move us out five to 10 years be-
fore buying another tanker truck,"
he -said. "It's- easier to afford and
council would appreciate not hav-
ing to buy newtrucks for the next
three years in a row," he said. -
Bedard brought back further
research on a $73,000 U.S. 1999
GMC tanker as requested during
council's June 16 meeting, along
with information about a $78,000
U.S. 2002 GMC with a Caterpiller
diesel engine and a $82,000 U.S.
2002 Freightliner FL70 with a
Cummins diesel engine.
All of the trucks were located in
Alabama and all of them have to
have the fire `equipment added on
to the calk and chassis since they
have beth used as delivery trucks.
Bedard's report included recom-
mendations from Seaforth mechan-
ic Murray Kelly to stay away from
the GMC trucks since parts would
be hard to find and Cat engines are
hard to service since they require
specialized tools.
"Murray feels strongly that buy-
ing used vehicles is not the way
to go," said Bedard's report, which
Also recommended the Freightliner
truck out of the threeresented.
Grey Coun. Alvin McLellan said
that other mechanics could have
different opinions.
"With all due .respec ;Xl'd have
talked to a heavy truck mechanic,"
he said, adding that there are a lot
of trucks on the road with Cat en-
gines and a lot of people driving ve-
hicles they bought in the southern
US.
Tuckersmith Coun. Larry
McGrath said that if the trucks
from the U.S. are cabs and chassis-
es with the fire equipment added, a
similar situation could be found in
Canada.
-"Is there anyone on this side of the
border with a used cab and chas-
sis? There are companies that we
deal with that fabricate. If there's
a company that does exactly what
this one does on this side of the
border, it would make more sense
to do that," he said.
Seaforth Coun. Joe Steffler said
he was afraid of the emissions that
could come from a U.S. truck.
"And, does it make sense. to put
new equipment on an old chassis?"
he asked.
Brussels Coun. Frank Stretton
said it was worthwhile to look for
.two more weeks to see if a Canadi-
an cab and chassis could be found.
"Two weeks isn't going
to
change
anything," agreed McLellan, who
made a motion to table the issue
but the motion was defeated.
MacLellan asked about the ex-
perience of fire departments in
Brucefield, Clinton and Blyth who
bought used tankers and had the
fire equipment added by a local
company.
But, Huron East building inspec-
tor Paul Josling, who is also fire
chief in Blyth, said he's heard that
all of them had problems such as
corrosion and electrical problems.
"There is merit in buying used
vehicles but we don't want to get
stuck with a nightmare," respond-
ed MacLellan..
"There could be another compa-
ny out there - we just haven't re-
searched it," said McGrath.
A motion was passed to tender for
a new fire tanker.
Voting in favour were Mayor Joe
Seili, Brussels Cuun. David Blaney,
Grey Coun. Orval Bauer, McKillop
Coun. Andrew Flowers, Tucker -
smith Coun. Les Falconer and Sea -
forth Coun. Joe Steffler.'
Voting against were Grey Coun.
Alvin McLellan, Seaforth Coun.
Bob Fisher, Tuckersmith Coun.
Larry , McGrath, Deputy -Mayor
Bernie MacLellan and Brussels
Coun. Frank Stretton.
McKillop Coun. Bill Siemon was
absent.
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