It may sound like the ingredients of a good country song: money for a truck and a dog, but it’s much more serious than that.
Tuesday evening the Gainesville City Council approved receipt of a pair of grants totaling $29,340. The funds will be used by the Gainesville Fire Department to enhance the Georgia Search and Rescue (GSAR) Task Force 1 team which operates out of Gainesville.
“As each of you know,” Gainesville City Manager Bryan Lackey told council members, “the Georgia Search and Rescue team for the region of northeast Georgia is housed here in Gainesville, and we’re happy to house and maintain that.”
“We’re glad that we can take advantage of these state monies that will be used not only here in Gainesville but around the region as needed; and hopefully it’s not needed,” Lackey added.