City Council meeting, Jan. 12, 2015–special

Ripped from the company website, a picture of a Pierce Aerial Platform truck.

Ripped from the company website, a picture of a Pierce Aerial Platform truck.

Sold:  One 2001 Pierce Aerial Platform for $250,000.

Members present: Britt Thames, Vance Moody, Patrick McClusky, Barry Smith, and council president Bruce Limbaugh. Mayor Scott McBrayer was also present.

Members absent: Michael Hallman, Walter Jones, Heather Reid, Richard Laws, and Peter Wright. The mayor was not present.

Staff present: Someone sitting in for city clerk Linda Cook, city attorney Mike Kendrick, and mayor’s chief of staff J. J. Bischoff.

Audience attendance: 4

Approved selling a 14-year-old fire department ladder truck: The resolution approved declares a ladder truck “surplus property” in order to be sold. The truck, purchased 14 years ago for $700,000, was sold for $250,000 to an Arkansas city. It has been replaced by a new, $1.2 million ladder truck.

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