Jason Dunovant

BOONES MILL — The Boones Mill Volunteer Fire Department and Franklin County Public Safety have had a monthslong debate over funding for a new tanker truck. The two sides recognize the need for a new vehicle to better serve the community, but have been unable to come to an agreement.

“We are down at the moment,” Chief Riley Peters said. “We need a tanker bad.”

Boones Mill has spent the last few months using a replacement tanker truck provided by the county after the department’s previous truck was totaled in a wreck in February. Peters said the current truck does not fit the department or the community’s needs.

The department has been preparing for three years to request funding for a new tanker truck. Before it was totaled, the previous tanker truck was nearly 30 years o

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