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~-~tn-chm~r,+ g <br />Cedar Grove VFD, Inc. <br />720 Hawkins Rd. <br />Cedar Grove, NC 27231 <br />919-732-9585 <br />Ms.-Donna Dean <br />Budget Director <br />grange County <br />PO Box 8181 <br />Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />Dear Ms. Dean, <br />AS Chief of Cedar Grave V,f=.D., Inc., I am requesting the sum of $25,000.00 from our <br />Fund balance to be released to our department as soon as possible. This money will tie <br />used as down payment for a new pumper, that we have signed an agreement with Slagle Fire <br />Equipment, to purchase June of this year. <br />This truck is needed to replace a pumper that is 21 years old. And of which is starting to <br />have troubles. With this, it is becoming difficult to find replacement parts that are becoming <br />obsolete. <br />The Board of Directors agreed that it was time to move ahead on the replacement of this <br />pumper, for the safety of our firemen and the citizens of Cedar Grove fire district <br />We are locked in at a rate df 5°r6 for the loan, and will be financing $111,000.00 through <br />FHA. We will b~ spending roughly $,15,000.00 of money from our savings to equip this truck. We <br />plan for this truck to be in service by mid to late summer. This will ensure our dept time to have <br />the truck equipped and personnel trained, to provide seraice to our fire district. <br />Please notify me as $oon as possible, when the money can be expected. Thank you for <br />your time and consideration on this matter. <br />Sincen~r, <br />W~-~ ~. <br />wlliam D. Cole; Sr. <br />Chief, Cedar Grove VFD <br />~~ <br />Jeffrey .Borland <br />President, Board of Directors <br />