CLEVELAND, Ga. — The Cleveland City Council has approved a contract with an Atlanta company to purchase a new ladder truck.
During the council meeting on Monday, December 11, Cleveland Fire Chief Ricky Pruitt said Peach State Spartin was one of only two companies to submit bids. The cost of the new truck is $1.8 million. The city will use a Federal Emergency Management Agency grant of $952,000 to help with the purchase. The remainder of the cost will come from SPLOST funds.
Chief Pruitt said the current ladder truck can’t be certified to place personnel on. That truck is a 1989 model, and the city has been seeking funds and working toward purchasing a new ladder truck since 1999.
Chief Pruitt said the delivery won’t be soon.
“We’ll have to go in for a pre-construction meeting to go over everything to make sure we’re getting what was quoted on, and it will be delivered by or on June 1, 2025,” Pruitt said.
The new ladder truck is not designed primarily to fight fires but for the use of its extendable ladder, which could reach an eight-story building.
