Archive for Tag: counties

Torrissi bill making purchasing fire engines, public works trucks easier for counties and towns signed by governor

TRENTON, N.J. – Counties and towns are now able to more easily finance the purchase of new fire engines, which can cost more than $1 million each, thanks to a bill sponsored by Assemblyman Michael Torrissi that was signed into law on Tuesday. The measure extends the length of bonds...

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Assembly advances Torrissi bill making purchasing fire engines, public works trucks easier for counties and towns

TRENTON, N.J. – The cost of a new fire engine can be more than $1 million and a new garbage truck can be $300,000 or more. Under current law, counties and towns are limited in how they can finance such major but necessary expenses, says Assemblyman Michael Torrissi, who sponsors...

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