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Alameda Police Department to buy $174,000 Armored Tactical Vehicle

The Alameda Police Department wants to buy a Ballistic Armored Tactical Transport (BATT) vehicle for $174,000

Citing a growing need for a special response/rescue vehicle to respond to emergency incidents, such as terrorist attacks, the Alameda Police Department wants to spend $174,000 to buy a Ballistic Armored Tactical Transport (BATT) vehicle to add to [...]

Updated Campaign Financing Statements on Measure C Election

Semi-annual campaign disclosure filings provide an updated picture of financing for the June 5th sales tax increase ballot measure, Measure C. The measure failed at the ballot.

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Alameda Fire Chief to Get New SUV

Alameda Fire Chief Mike D’Orazi will get a new $36,000 sport utility vehicle (SUV) as a command car if Alameda City Council approves a staff recommendation next Tuesday night. The fire department also wants to replace a 2003 fire engine, a 1995 aerial ladder truck and a 2005 paramedic van.

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Alameda Fire Department Takes Delivery of New, Tractor-drawn Aerial Ladder Truck

Almost one month to the date that Alameda voters rejected a sales tax increase that would have spent new revenues on equipment purchases for the Alameda Fire Department, the Department took delivery of a new tractor-drawn aerial ladder truck.

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City Calls for Bids for Janitorial Service and HVAC Systems in City Buildings

Earlier this week, Alameda City Council approved calls for bids for janitorial service and heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) maintenance in city facilities, including Fire Station #5 and a building at Alameda Point used by the fire department for training.

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Final Measure C Ballot Counts In

Alameda County has finished counting all ballots from the June 5th primary election. The total number of votes increased, but the results for Measure C did not.

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Measure C Election Results

Measure C did not pass – it needed a 2/3rds majority ‘yes’ vote to pass. With all 45 precincts reporting, Measure C has only 50.29% of the vote.

All 45 precincts reporting Yes 5816 50.29 No 5748 49.71

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City Braces for Failure of Measure C

Late today, City of Alameda officials distributed notice of a special city council meeting for next Tuesday, June 12th, at 7:00 p.m. for a “Council Discussion of the Fiscal Year 2012-2013 Budget in the Event Measure C Fails.”

Measure C Campaign Filings Now Available

Citizens for Preserving Alameda Committee for Measure C, and Alamedans Against Measure C, two local political action committees campaigning on the sales tax increase ballot measure on the ballot next week, have filed their campaign statements with the Alameda City Clerk’s office.

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Stop Wasting Taxpayer Dollars

City Staff: Stop Wasting Taxpayer Dollars by Eugenie Thomson, P.E.

Have you ever said to yourself, I wish bureaucrats understood real money? Or thought, why does City Hall make things so complicated and expensive?

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