Resident alleges county fire trucks and COVID-purchased vehicles used for personal errands

Vic Carpenter told commissioners that first-responder F-150s purchased with COVID-relief funds are being driven by battalion staff for personal errands, including buying horse feed. "They were bought with the COVID money, the relief money for the fire departments... Now, your battalion people run around in them, buying horse feed and all this other garbage," Carpenter said, asking the chair for an accounting and oversight.

The chair declined to comment on personnel issues in the meeting. No county response or accounting was provided during the session; commissioners did not take formal action during the noon meeting on the allegation and said personnel matters could not be discussed on the record in that forum.