During Monday night’s North Judson Town Council meeting, Fire Chief Joe Leszek told members that the first installment of Rich Grove Township’s call-fees has been submitted.
At the last town council meeting he explained that Rich Grove Township is on a pay-by-call basis where the Township pays $660 per call.
That agreement didn’t present much of an issue when they only had 5 calls in 2016 but this year they had a total of 46 calls, resulting in a charge of $30,360. Leszek said a check for $18,000 was recently sent from Township Trustee Deloris Locke. Locke told him that the remaining $12,360 will be paid after the first of the year.
Since Rich Grove Township is on a 2-year contract, no changes will be made in 2018. However, Trustee Locke did ask the fire chief to provide a summary of runs in June so she can better allocate funds to pay for the calls when the time comes.
Chief Leszek also revisited his request from the last town council meeting, seeking permission to utilize some of the Rich Grove Township funds for equipment. He explained that the extrication tools the department wants to purchase from 5-Alarm are on a price hold until after the first of the year. He said if they aren’t purchased by then, the price would jump up seven percent.
He said if they make the purchase prior to January 1st, all three tools would cost a total of $23,999. The town council members unanimously approved Leszek’s request to utilize the first portion of the Rich Grove Township fees to help cover the cost of the tools.
