By PETE WALTON
Neptune City’s new fire truck is finally on its way.
“Our team, led by Fire Chief Kevin Pierce and Deputy Chief Rich Maher, traveled to the Seagrave [Fire Apparatus] facility for final inspection in Clintonville, Wisconsin,” Mayor Rachel McGreevy told the Borough Council when it met earlier this week.
“The truck has made the journey to Seagrave’s East Brunswick facility where it will be detailed, have its first service completed, graphics applied, and all the equipment and tools mounted prior to being delivered to Neptune City,” McGreevy said.
The mayor said the vehicle should arrive in the borough “in the next few weeks.”
“It’s very exciting news after a long four-year process,” McGreevy said.
The mayor delivered the news on behalf of Councilman Brian Thomas, who chairs the emergency services committee but was unable to be present at the meeting.
Seagrave, founded by Fredric Seagrave in Detroit in 1881, is the oldest continuous fire apparatus manufacturer in the U.S. The company moved from Columbus, Ohio to Clintonville in 1963.
Asbury Park purchased a new fire truck from Seagrave in 2023.
Also at this week’s meeting, Councilman Glen Kocsis announced that a contract agreement has been reached with borough police officers. Kocsis said the administration and finance committee, which he chairs, would now turn its attention to a new contract for public works employees.
Councilwoman Danielle Pappas said that PBA Local 50 will hold its 11th annual food drive at Stop & Shop on Nov. 16 from 8 a.m. to noon. Donations of non-perishable items are welcomed.
A Cops and Cones event will take place Nov. 25 from 4 to 7 p.m. at Callie’s Creamery, Route 35 and Third Avenue. Members of the police department will scoop the ice cream and proceeds will benefit the Woodrow Wilson Elementary School eighth grade trip to the 9/11 Memorial in New York City.
Coffee with a Cop is also scheduled for Dec. 3 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 7-Eleven, Steiner Avenue and Route 35. Residents are invited to ask questions, voice concerns, and speak informally with local police officers.
