The second time was the charm for Iola to purchase a new fire truck.
City Council members approved Tuesday the purchase of a Spartan truck from Feld Fire of Grain Valley, Mo., for $618,231, the lowest of three qualifying bids received.
The Spartan, which will take about a year before it’s fully equipped and in service, will replace Unit 311, the newest truck in the Iola Fire Department fleet, as the city’s “first-out” vehicle for emergency calls.
Unit 311, a Pierce E-311 model, was manufactured in 2010, not long before a government-mandated computer interface program was installed.