Committee forwards $177,769.44 fire-equipment purchase and FY26 budget amendment to full council
February 17, 2026 | Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas
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The Jonesboro Public Safety Council Committee on Wednesday voted to forward Resolution 26,016 to the full City Council. The resolution would amend the FY26 Jonesboro Fire Department fixed-asset budget with a stated cost estimate of $177,769.44 and authorize a 10% contingency for taxes, shipping and miscellaneous expenses to purchase safety and rescue equipment.
The chair read the resolution in full, which lists the equipment and per-item estimates: two MaxFire seeker bundles (total estimate $12,698), 10 FirePro 3000 cameras and hardware, a Pantheon PCT 50 extrication combination tool (total estimate $105,000), 14 PBPA batteries (total estimate $11,591.16), seven Pantheon tool charging units (estimates $710 and $92) and seven Pantheon tool mounting units (total estimate $6,429.36). The resolution directs Fire Department administration to proceed with purchases under city purchasing guidelines and authorizes the mayor and City Clerk April Leggett to execute required documents.
A committee member asked whether the purchases were replacements or new capabilities. Responding, a city official who addressed the committee said the items are upgrades: “The ones we currently have are way outdated,” and described the thermal devices and the extrication tools, noting the current extrication units are gas powered and roughly 15–20 years old while the proposed units are battery operated and “much more efficient and faster.”
After no staff or public comments were offered, the chair called for a vote and the committee approved the motion to forward the resolution to full council.
The resolution will now go to the full City Council for consideration and formal adoption; the committee did not set an implementation date or any follow-up reporting schedule in the meeting.
The chair read the resolution in full, which lists the equipment and per-item estimates: two MaxFire seeker bundles (total estimate $12,698), 10 FirePro 3000 cameras and hardware, a Pantheon PCT 50 extrication combination tool (total estimate $105,000), 14 PBPA batteries (total estimate $11,591.16), seven Pantheon tool charging units (estimates $710 and $92) and seven Pantheon tool mounting units (total estimate $6,429.36). The resolution directs Fire Department administration to proceed with purchases under city purchasing guidelines and authorizes the mayor and City Clerk April Leggett to execute required documents.
A committee member asked whether the purchases were replacements or new capabilities. Responding, a city official who addressed the committee said the items are upgrades: “The ones we currently have are way outdated,” and described the thermal devices and the extrication tools, noting the current extrication units are gas powered and roughly 15–20 years old while the proposed units are battery operated and “much more efficient and faster.”
After no staff or public comments were offered, the chair called for a vote and the committee approved the motion to forward the resolution to full council.
The resolution will now go to the full City Council for consideration and formal adoption; the committee did not set an implementation date or any follow-up reporting schedule in the meeting.
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