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University Daily Kansan, September 6, 1983
KU offers $30,000 to help city purchase fire truck
By JOHN HOOGESTEGER Staff Reporter
The Lawrence City Commission will consider buying a new ladder truck for the city fire department tonight, after receiving a letter from Chancellor Gene B. Budig committing $30,000 toward the purchase.
The money is being provided through the housing department in appreciation for work the fire department has done. He also had calls, said J.J. Wilson, director of housing.
The housing department is making the contribution because the University depends heavily on the fire department for help. Wilson said.
"The chief and his men do a super job." Wilson said. "They work hard to
help us with fire prevention and fire safety and we appreciate it. Their educational campaign has done a lot to prevent KU about the danger of false alarms."
The ladder truck the city now has is 20 years old and isn't capable of reaching the upper floors of some KU buildings — including Lewis, McCollum, Templin, Ellsworth and Hashinger residence halls — without extending the ladder past the recommended safety point.
The new ladder truck is expected to cost about $25,000, said City Manager Buford Watson. The city is expected to pay $15,000 for issuing general obligation bonds.
The new truck would have a 100-foot ladder capable of operating fully on hydraulic lift.
Wilson said that this was the first time the University had given money to the city for fire protection and that it was concerned about setting a precedent.
present ladders on city trucks must be attested as they are moved to sharper angles.
“This certainly opens the door, but this is a one-time deal,” he said. “The city has been providing fire service all these years and rarely calls on KU to do anything. After we assessed the situation we felt it would be appropriate.”
- Consider on second reading an ordinance for rezoning 296 acres on the east and west sides of Dragstrip Road, near 150 Street. The rezoning will allow for continued efforts to develop aocate/research park at the location.
Wilson also pointed out that the purchase of a new ladder truck would improve the quality of fire service the city could offer. Better fire service could help the University get a better rate on its fire insurance.
In other business tonight the City Commission will:
- Consider an ordinance authorizing the city to issue $1 million in industrial revenue bonds for the purpose of buying property and equipment to lease to the Lawrence Paper Co., 2801 Lakeview Road.
- Select delegates for the League of Cities meeting Oct. 2-4.
THE COLLEGE ASSEMBLY will meet at 4 p.m. in Alderson Auditorium of the Kansas Union.
- Consider a resolution to declare 829 Alabama St. blighted and allow the owner 20 days to make improvements.
ON CAMPUS
AN ORGANIZATIONAL meeting for KU Spirit Squad tryouts will be at 5 p.m. in Allen Field House.
TODAY
THE KU KARATE CLUB will meet at 7 p.m. in 130 Robinson Center.
THE CAMPUS COALITION for Peace and Justice will meet at 7 p.m. in the International Room of the Union
CHAMPIONS WILL MEET at 7 p.m. in the Trail Room of the Union.
THE FAU SIGMA STUDENT
d楼 346 in Robinson Center
in Studio 242 in Robinson Center
TOMORROW
DUNGEONS & DRAGONS will be at 7 p.m. in the Trail Room of the Union.
THE LUTHERAN STUDENT B: ble study will be at 7 a.m. south of Wescoe Cafeteria.
THE ECUEMENIAL CHRISTIAN Ministries Center will have a contemplative prayer session from 7:45 a.m. to 8:15 a.m.
THE UNIVERSITY FORUM at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries Center will feature a lecture by Clifford Griffin, professor of history and president of the KU Chapter of the History Department. At 11:45 a.m. The topic is "The KU Faculty Unionization and Collective Bargaining."
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Yet instead of using all available tax revenues to directly and productively deal with these public problems, our City Commission gives the Chamber of Commerce thousands of dollars for the purpose of attracting new businesses to Lawrence while many national figures advocate creating a body to implement a national industrial policy designed to produce the sometimes conflicting goals of, according to the June 19th issue of the New York Times, "heather economic growth, higher employment and more competitiveness in world markets." (A comparable national display of class favoritism recently increased the profits of some and the poverty of others.)
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