The Alamogordo Daily News
ALAMOGORDO, NM — The Alamogordo City Commission approved an agreement Monday to continue ambulance services for the fiscal year 2009.
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| The money is there and we must assume the position of defending the fire service. In some respects the gloom and doom is “much ado about nothing.” — Jay Lowry in My Kingdom for a Ladder Truck | |
The city will pay $163,169.09 as its prorated share of the $254,733 total cost.
The joint powers agreement is split between Otero County and the village of Tularosa.
Otero County will pay $78,430.41 and Tularosa $13,133.50.
Since 1993, the city of Alamogordo has entered into a joint powers agreement with Otero County to provide ambulance service to Alamogordo residents.
The commission approved to consider Ordinance 1344 authorizing the execution and delivery of a loan and intercept agreements by and between Alamogordo and the New Mexico Finance Authority for street capital projects for $7,350,000, pledged by the state through the shared gross receipts tax.
The ordinance is expected to go into effect Nov. 14.
The commission also approved the purchase loan of $196,910 for a fire truck. The estimated cost of the fire truck is $272,857.57.
The truck is an Emergency-One 1,000 gallon water tank pumper. The state fire fund will provide a $79,000 down payment. The loan will finance the balance of $196,910 for an eight-year term. The estimated annual debt service payment is $30,000.