Replacing Sarnia Fire Tanker Truck More Expensive Than Expect: City Staff

It’ll cost More and Take Longer Than Expect to get a new Tanker Truck for Sarnia’s Fire Department.

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And that’s without any complications from Us Tariffs Factored in.

City Council Voting 8-1 to approve Buying A $ 1 million replacement for the Department’s 22-Year-Old Tanker 4 on Monday.

The Contract to Ontario-Based 1200 Degrees and Florida-Based e-One is about $ 70,000 more than the $ 950,000 Sarnia Set aside for the Purchase this Year.

Council approved an extra $ 120,000 from reserves to build in contingency funding.

The Plan to Build and Deliver A Heavy-Chassis Vehicle Capable of Carrying 7,600 Litres of Water to Areas where Sarnia’s Water Distribution System Doesn’t Reach is expected to take up to 30 months, City Fire Chief Jeff Weber Said in a postponement.

That’s “significantly long” Than Anticipated and Speaks to Difficult Manufacturers Are Facing “Securing Portions of the Vehicle” to build the Final Result, He Said.

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Not Purchasing the Replacement Truck Would Mean More Potential Downtime and Repair, and the Increased Risk of Critical Equipment Failure, He Said in the City’s Draft 2025 Budget.

Sarnia’s 2020 Fire Master Plan DOESN’T SPECIFY THE NUMBER OF TANKERS IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT’S FLEET, But Says Vehicles Should be replacement on 15- to 20-yy Cycles, Depending on Their Function.

Sarnia Mayor Mike Bradley Said Monday Council Will Review Its Purchasing Policy when It Next Meets in Early March.

Us President Donald Trump, About Two Hours After Council’s Monday Meeting Finized, Approved, Starting March 12, 25 per cent Tariffs on All Steel and Aluminum Imports, included from Canada.

Trump Announced A 30-Day Delay Last Week On 25 Per Cent Tariffs on All Canadian Goods and 10 Per Cent On Canadian Energy.

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Sarnia Looked But Couldn’t Find A Tanker Truck Replacement option that doesn’t include manufacture in the United States, Acting City Solicitor Randi Kalar Said.

“Although a lot of it would be assembled in Canada, the chassis specificly is only advisable through a vendor in the United States,” She Said.

Just Two Manufacturers Applied To The City’s Call For Proposals, and one was eliminated in the process that Evalues ​​bids based on technical and financial scoring, Weber’s Report Says.

How Tariffs Might Impact The Cost Going Forward Isn’t Clear, But Delaying Would Have a Cost Too, Kalar Said.

“The quote is onely valid for a specific amnt of time, at which point it will increase, we’ve been advised,” she said before council’s vote.

“So, if we do not do right now we are absolutely look at a high cost.”

All goal coun. Anne Marie Gillis Voted in Favour of Process.

“Yeah, not good,” she said after weber confirmed one of the builders is based in Florida.

With Files from the Canadian Press

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