Tinley Park To Pay 80 Percent Of New $830,000 Fire Engine: Board

TINLEY PARK, IL — Tinley Park board members voted to chip in 80 percent of the cost for a new fire engine for Tinley Park Fire Department at last week's Village Board meeting.

The new engine costs $830,000 total of which the village will pay $637,989 and $159,497 will be paid for by the Tinley Park Fire Department Association. Officials did not immediately respond to questions on who will pay the remaining $32,514.

According to trustees, the engine runs a high price due to the newness of the machine and the special design. Tinley Park Mayor Mike Glotz said the fire association formed a committee of firefighters to determine which features they would need most on a new engine before purchasing.

The average cost of a new fire engine ranges from $600,000 to $1 million, officials said.

The engine is being bought through the Houston Galveston Area Council Purchasing Cooperation, an inter-governmental sales program. The resolution approving the purchase noted the purchasing cooperation's prices were subject to a "competitive bidding process."

"Thank you Chief Klotz and our association which contributed a lot of this purchase," Glotz said during the board meeting. "First time in a long time you guys put a committee together and helped build what the men would like on the fire engine. I appreciate that you let the [firefighters] build that fire truck to fit their needs."