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Debate Continues Over Second Ladder Truck

Cheshire Town Council to vote on capital budget next month.

The debate over a second ladder truck for the Cheshire Fire Department continued Tuesday night when some Town Council members questioned whether the town needs it, according to the Waterbury Republican-American.

The ladder truck will cost $1.2 million and is the second-most expensive item on the town's $10.6 million capital budget for this fiscal year, which the council is expected to vote on next month.

If approved by the council, the ladder truck will go to a town referendum because the cost exceeds the $350,000 threshold.

Fire Chief Jack Casner has requested the second ladder truck for the past several years, according to the Republican-American, and it caused debate among council members last year and was eventually taken off the list of projects to be approved.

Read the Republican-American's full story here.


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