A lease-purchase agreement for a 2025 Horton 623 Ambulance with warranty, power loader and cot was approved recently by the Superstition Fire and Medical District Board of Directors.

The board voted 4-0 Nov. 19 to approve the agreement with Zions Bancorporation. Board Director Shawn Kurian was absent.

The total cost is $430,294.80, it states in the agreement.

In April 2022, a five-year replacement plan was presented and approved by the board, according to a memo to the board from SFMD Fire Chief John Whitney and Transportation Services Director Billy Warren.

“Since then, we have received two ambulances in the plan. Fortunately, we were able to pay for the first two ambulances through (American Rescue Plan Act) funding and a grant from the Gila River Indian Community. It is now time to

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