New Ambulance Purchase

At a glance

What: Purchase of one Horton Type I ambulance on a Ford F-550 chassis for $392,273.00 total (ambulance $318,173.00 plus Stryker stretcher and Power-LOAD system $74,100.00) in FY2026-2027.
Where it stands: Approved on consent August 24, 2026, 5-0.
Next: Staff recommended budgeting another ambulance in FY2027-2028; delivery could be as early as February 2027.
Freshness: Possibly stale: the newest information here is from August 2026. Later Board agendas (Sep 28, Oct 12) were image-only and were not read, so any later action is not reflected.

The department staffs four ambulances 24/7 plus a fifth weekdays 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and plans to move to 24/7 for five. The fleet grows from nine to ten; five existing units have remountable patient care modules, and the other four need full replacement.
Typical lead times are 14 to 32 months; Horton offered a Ford chassis from a canceled order. The Freightliner is the preferred platform, but the F-550 has a shorter lead time and lower cost. Horton is an approved Sourcewell vendor.
Consent calendar moved by Commissioner Unger, seconded by Commissioner Smith-Willis; all five members present voted yes (Commissioners Richardson, Unger, May, Smith-Willis and Mayor Wilkerson), none against.

Approved on consent, 5-0.