APPRO-2025-48 : Appropriation in the amount of $25,320 from Free Cash (01-324001) to Fire (#221) for motor vehicle repairs to Ladder 2.

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▶ 1:28:01 Mark Garipay: Um, next up ID 1 2 7 5 2. And appropriate,

▶ 1:28:06 Leila Migliorelli: Uh, Mr. Chair, can we move? Um, ID, 1, 2, 7 5 3 if the chief is gonna be here to talk about the motor vehicle? Sure. So make, I'll make a motion to move 1 2 7 5 3 out of order.

▶ 1:28:22 Mark Garipay: Second, We have a motion to move. 1, 2, 7 5 3 out of order made by President re second by, uh, council Stewart on discussion.

▶ 1:28:33 Mark Garipay: All in favor? Aye. Opposed? That order is now before us. Um, I had a little more faith that we were moving pretty, pretty quickly then.

▶ 1:28:41 Mark Garipay: Sorry. Um, chief, uh, next up is, uh, uh, ID 1 2 7 5 3 appropriation in the amount of 25,320 for from free cash. Zero one dash 3 2 4 0 0 1 to fire 2 21 for a motor vehicle repairs to ladder two.

▶ 1:28:58 Speaker 1: Yes. Thank you. I respectly request the supplemental appropriation of $25,000 319, um, to cover urgent necessary repair to our department's ladder two, that's our spare ladder truck. Um, this is to address the, the Tiller steering, which is the very rare, has a steering, uh, component to it. And the steering component along with the suspension system has been made, has been made unsafe. So we had to have a send it back out in may, get an estimate for a pair of all that suspension and steering work of $25,000, $25,319. Um, currently our own, our budget line for vehicle repairs only has $23,713 in it. Um, that's why we're asking for this appropriation because we also have scheduled, planned, um, repairs to $10,000 to our engine two, 3000 to our engine three 5,000 for engine four and another 2000 for ladder testing, um, that we have planned for this month. So to cover that repair we didn't see coming of the 25, um, $25,000 we're asking for this free cash.

▶ 1:30:17 Speaker 1: Um, that will cover our mechanical expenses through this year.

▶ 1:30:24 Speaker 7: Counsel Stewart? Thank you. Mr.

▶ 1:30:26 Robb Stewart: Chair is Ladder two, the one that's lent out?

▶ 1:30:30 Speaker 1: Um, engine four is lent out right now. Engine two, I mean Ladder two is the ladder truck that sits at engine two on Tremont Street.

▶ 1:30:37 Robb Stewart: Okay. So it wasn't, it wasn't lent out in any the, the recent past or anything?

▶ 1:30:42 Speaker 1: Oh, it was lent out to Revere, um, sometime in the winter for almost two months.

▶ 1:30:47 Robb Stewart: Okay. And, and did we use it before or after that?

▶ 1:30:51 Speaker 1: Yes, because I, um, our ladder truck, um, I don't know offhand how many times it goes in and outta service, but once it goes outta service for repair or maintenance, we bring ladder two in service. Yeah. Um, I don't have that right off the top of my how often that happens, right?

▶ 1:31:06 Speaker 7: Well, you see where I'm going? I mean, if

▶ 1:31:08 Speaker 1: Yeah, I see where you're going. If,

▶ 1:31:09 Robb Stewart: If that, you know, I don't wanna pay for somebody else's damage is basically my point, right. Uh, if it's just, if it's wear and tear, are they contributing? If they're using it,

▶ 1:31:22 Speaker 1: Um, just as a, you know, a backup. I mean that's a 2007 truck that we've never done any steering or suspension work to it in its lifetime. Um, it just always passed inspection and we felt that it was good to go. So I, it would be hard pressed for me to try to, um, approach Revere Fi and say, I want you to contribute to our repairs.

▶ 1:31:46 Robb Stewart: Well, well let me, let me ask you another question. Is there reciprocal, uh, cooperation, uh, for similar type? And if there there is then it makes sense.

▶ 1:31:54 Speaker 1: Yeah. If there's something that's obvious they get into an accident or say they just hit a large pothole

▶ 1:32:00 Speaker 3: and something breaks right away.

▶ 1:32:03 Speaker 1: Um, the reci the community that's borrowing it takes care of those repairs.

▶ 1:32:09 Speaker 7: Okay. Okay. Thank you. Thank you Mr. Chairman.

▶ 1:32:12 Speaker 2: So will the committee, I'll make a motion to recommend. Second, we have a motion

▶ 1:32:16 Mark Garipay: to recommend 1 2 7 5 3 made by Councilor Chetty. Seconded by Councilor Ro on discussion.

▶ 1:32:27 Speaker 2: Madam Clerk, can you please call the role

▶ 1:32:28 Speaker 10: Councillor Fanuc Chiro? Yes. Councillor Carrum Chetty. Yes. Councilor Romanul? Yes. Councillor Stewart? Yes. Councillor Vandiver. Yes. Councillor Williams. Yes. President Elli. Yes. Chair Garipay.