A new fire truck and a new water meter system highlighted discussions Thursday night during two South Jacksonville Village Board committee meetings.
Public Protection Committee members talked about options for replacing the village’s 1985 Pierce fire truck.
“We seriously need to look at updating our current fire truck,” Fire Chief David Hickox told the committee. “The one we have will be 31 years old. We have talked about this subject for the past four or five years, and with the increasing number of businesses coming to the village, I feel that we need to update our equipment.”
Hickox presented some options and made some recommendations on how to purchase a new pumper truck, which he said could cost upward of $450,000.
Committee members also discussed and will propose to the board of trustees that the village increase its peddlers’ and solicitors’ permit fee from the current $5 weekly fee to $25 for the first day and $10 for each additional day.