Blissfield Township buying 109-foot aerial ladder truck

In an about-face the Blissfield Township Board reversed its earlier stance on purchasing a ladder truck and approved the purchase Monday morning of a 109-foot aerial ladder truck at a cost of $677,644 to the township. The township board voted 3-2 to approve the purchase. This truck is a different truck than originally proposed to the township in the summer. That truck was a 78-foot ladder truck that would have cost approximately $500,000.