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Orange Grove <br /> <br />Linwood Futrelle <br />6800 Orange Grove Road <br />October 29, 2008 <br />Donna Coffey <br />Budget Director <br />Orange County <br />Deaz Donna, <br /> <br />President -Board of Directors <br />Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />919-967-5858 <br />Enclosed aze the appropriate documents as requested for the Board's agenda. <br />Orange Grove Fire Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. wishes to purchase from US Tanker Fire <br />Apparatus, Inc: a 2000 gallon tanker to replace a 1983 1250 gallon tanker. Cost of the unit will <br />be $226, 886. This replacement has been listed in our budget documents for the past several <br />yeazs and.is a long planned upgrade. The unit-being replaced has become a maintenance <br />problem due to its age. <br />Cazdinal State Bank of Hillsborough will finance the purchase at 3.9 percent for 6 years. Our <br />proposal is to use $20,000 from our fund balance and the fiords we budgeted for the Federal <br />grant matching portion of the Assistance to Fire Fighter. Grant we applied for, but did not <br />receive. <br />This unit will be a matching unit to ones being purchased by Efland, Cedaz Grove and <br />Hillsborough. It will increase our initial response water by 37% (1250 gal to 2000 gal) <br />increasing fire fighter safety by having more water available initially. It will improve our ability <br />to provide mutual aid to our neighboring departments by having more water available. <br />This purchase dose not and will not necessitate a tax increase on our district tax. <br />Please let me know if I need to attend the boazd meeting or provide more information. <br />Sincerely, <br />Inwood Futrelle <br />President, Orange Grove Fire Company, Inc. <br />Volunteer Fire Company <br />