Excerpts from patch.com:
Tinley Park board members voted to chip in 80 percent of the cost for a new fire engine for Tinley Park Fire Department at last week’s village board meeting.
The new engine costs $830,000 total of which the village will pay $637,989 and $159,497 will be paid for by the Tinley Park Fire Department Association. Officials did not immediately respond to questions on who will pay the remaining $32,514.
According to trustees, the engine runs a high price due to the newness of the machine and the special design. The fire association formed a committee of firefighters to determine which features they would need most on a new engine before purchasing.
The average cost of a new fire engine ranges from $600,000 to $1 million, officials said.
The engine is being bought through the Houston Galveston Area Council Purchasing Cooperation, an inter-governmental sales program. The resolution approving the purchase noted the purchasing cooperation’s prices were subject to a competitive bidding process.
thanks Rob
#1 by Mike hellmuth on April 29, 2022 - 8:29 PM
After reading the other comments on what’s really going on it’s a shame
the village is pulling this stuff…….
#2 by hawks66 on April 29, 2022 - 8:01 PM
John. You prove my point even more. Wtf
#3 by John Adams on April 29, 2022 - 7:09 PM
This is not being funded by their fireman’s association. It is being funding by their foreign fire tax fund. The money is coming from separate funding that they receive from the state.
#4 by hawks66 on April 29, 2022 - 1:44 PM
Hellmuth. They are doing a great job for the penny pinching village
#5 by hawks66 on April 29, 2022 - 1:28 PM
It is an absolute crying shame that a village with the bank account like Tinley Park and with no full time firefighting costs that the fireman’s association agreed to cover part of the cost for this engine. The village has been riding off the fundraising efforts of the association for far too long when the village has plenty of funds to purchase new equipment. The mayor should be ashamed of himself and the taxpayers should be pissed. Things will never change.
#6 by Mike hellmuth on April 29, 2022 - 1:27 PM
Most likely a Pierce what is the Tinley Park firemans association and where do they get that kind of money raffles? Breakfast donations? How ever they’re getting it they’re doing a great job……..