Plant City, FL, commissioners voted unanimously to authorize the purchase of a 2022 Pierce Saber rescue-pumper at a recent meeting, according to a report published by the Plant City Observer.
The paper reported the truck will cost $534,226 with a 5.5 percent discount applied. Funds for the new apparatus were already included in the fiscal year 2021-2022 and was not expected to be processed until after October 1, according to the report.
Once completed in about 14 months, the new truck will replace a similar unit built in 1998 with about 128,000 miles on it, the paper reported.
