Sherman's fire department would get a new pumper truck and the police department six new Chevrolet Tahoes under a batch of purchases the City Council is set to approve Monday without discussion.
The items sit on the consent agenda for the council's 5 p.m. meeting on Monday, Oct. 19, at City Hall, 220 W. Mulberry St. Consent items are treated as routine and passed together in one vote unless a council member or resident asks to pull one out for separate discussion.
Together, the vehicle, equipment and decoration purchases in this story add up to about $1.82 million.
Fire department
The largest single item is a Spartan S-180 pumper built on a Metro Star chassis, bought from Houston-based Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists for $941,227 through the Sourcewell purchasing cooperative. A staff memo says it replaces vehicle No. 1019, a 2013 Pierce, and that the money was set aside in the fire department's 2026-27 budget.
The dealer's quote sets production at 290 calendar days after the city signs off on preconstruction plans, with payment due when the finished truck is delivered and accepted. It also lists cancellation charges that climb from 10% of the price once the order is placed to 60% once building starts.
A second fire item would spend $48,638.50 with August Industries on an air compressor and cascade system for the Pecan Grove fire station, Station 3, which the memo says is being renovated. The station has never had one, according to the memo, and the equipment would let crews refill the air bottles for their breathing gear on site instead of driving to other stations.
