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The ADVANCE, February 3, 2021/Page 2A
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NEW VEHICLES DELIVERED - On hand for the delivery of nine new vehicles to the Mont
gomery County's Sheriff's Office and Road Department last week were, from left: EMA
Director Donnie Daniels; Donny Walker, Road Department; Montgomery County Com
missioner Tim Williamson; Road Superintendent Milton Fountain; Commission Chairman
Leland Adams; Assistant Road Superintendent Bobbie O'Conner; Commissioner Gin
ger Morris; Mike Selph and Trawick Curl, Road Department; Commissioner Chad Ken
ney; and Larry Williamson, road Department.
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the Road Department and
the Emergency Medical
Services.
The grants were fund
ed through Community
Facilities Loan and Grant
Projects with the United
States Department of Ag
riculture (USDA). The
county made the applica
tion for the grants during
March 2020.
The loan/grant proj
ect applications were for
a $157,300 loan and grant
to purchase four equipped
pickup trucks as patrol
units for the Sheriff’s Of
fice; a $154,000 loan and
grant to purchase five
equipped pickup trucks
for the Road Department;
and a $181,100 loan and
grant to purchase one
equipped ambulance for
Emergency Medical Ser
vices.
In June 2020, the
Montgomery County
Commission closed on
the loan and grant docu
ment with the USDA to
purchase a new Chevrolet
3500 chassis with patient
module and stretcher for
Emergency Medical Ser
vices (EMS). The County
then issued a purchase
order to Custom Truck
& Body Works, Inc. of
Woodbury to build the
ambulance.
The ambulance
should be completed next
month with an estimated
delivery date before the
end ofFebruary 2021. The
patient module that will
be installed on the 2020
Chevrolet chassis will be
fully equipped with the
latest medical equipment.
The USDA will provide
$50,000 in grant funds
and finance the remain
ing $131,100 of the total
$181,100 needed for this
vehicle.
Following the ambu
lance project closing, in
August 2020, the Com
missioners closed on the
loan and grant documents
with the USDA to pur
chase the vehicles for the
Sheriff’s Office and Road
Department. The County
then issued purchase or
ders to Woody Folsom
Ford to purchase all nine
additional vehicles.
The Sheriff’s Office
includes four vehicles
totaling $132,780. Each
Sheriff’s Office vehicle
will be equipped with
prisoner transport cages,
lights, and radios totaling
$24,520. The USDA will
provide $50,000 in grant
funds and finance the re
maining $107,300 of the
total $157,300 required
for this project.
The Road Depart
ment’s purchase includes
five vehicles totaling
$149,254. Each depart
ment vehicle will be fit
ted with amber lights and
other equipment totaling
$4,746. The USDA will
provide $50,000 in grant
funds and finance the re
maining $104,000 of the
total $154,000 required
for this project.
“The timing of these
vehicle deliveries is per
fect,” said Leland Adams,
County Commission
Chairman. “The Road
Department was almost
at a point where major re
pairs were going to have
to be made to most of the
fleet. The County is grate
ful for the grant funding
in addition to the financ
ing.” He added that the
county received a $50,000
grant for each loan/grant
project, and that totals to
$150,000 in grant funding
which is nearly a mill of
property tax.
Sheriff Doug May-
bin commented, “The
Sheriff's Office sincerely
appreciates the coopera
tion of the Montgomery
County Commission and
the USDA in order to pro
vide the funds necessary
to purchase desperately
needed vehicles for our
deputies! The addition of
the four trucks will help
keep our fleet upgraded
and patrolling our county
as needed instead of being
in the shop.”
The vehicles were de
livered at the courthouse
last week. The elected of
ficials and county staff
were on hand to receive
and inspect the vehicles.
Representing the County
Commissioners were, Le
land Adams, chairman,
and Commissioners Tim
Williamson, Chad Ken
ney, and Commissioner
Ginger Morris. Repre
senting the Road Depart
ment were Road Superin
tendent Milton Fountain
and staff members Donny
Walker, Bobby O’Conner,
Mike Selph, Trawick Curl
and Larry Williamson.
Representing the Sher
iff’s Office were, Sheriff
Maybin, Chief Deputy
Ron Bivins, Deputy Ty
ler Wimpey, Deputy Ben
Maybin and Deputy Cody
Johnston. Representing
the Emergency Manage
ment Agency was EMA
Director Donnie Daniels.
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good thing for the
community. Go by
and look at Frank's
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“I see where Biden
wants to get rid of all
carbon based prod
ucts, cars, homes,
businesses, etc., and
put everything on an
electrical grid. That
means we need big
ger and more power
plants. But how are
we going to power
them if we get rid of
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really believe that a
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now think that the US
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“Dear Republicans,
these impeachment
proceedings are no
body's fault but yours.
We would not have
to do these things if
you would vote like
you're told to."
“While every
body’s complaining
about the trash on
the side of the road,
let's look behind the
courthouse at the
DOT property and
have the state come
and clean up their
cluster off the side of
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“When is some
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