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Consider an ordinance authorizing the issuance of City of Killeen, Texas, Limited Tax Note Series 2025 for Fire Department Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBAs).
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DATE: November 18, 2025
TO: Kent Cagle, City Manager
FROM: Judith Tangalin, Executive Director of Finance
SUBJECT: Self Contained Breathing Apparatus Limited Tax Note
BACKGROUND AND FINDINGS:
This ordinance authorizes the issuance of a Limited Tax Note to purchase 150 Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) units for the Fire Department. During the FY 2026 budget process, the Fire Department submitted a decision package requesting 150 SCBA pack assemblies with thread savers, 29 Rapid Intervention Team (RIT) packs, an SCBA decontamination machine, and one new SCBA compressor. On July 3rd, the City Manager presented the Proposed Budget, which included the issuance of a tax note to fund the SCBA equipment. The FY 2026 Budget was adopted by City Council on September 2nd.
The Fire Department currently has 150 SCBAs in inventory which consist of a mounting pack, air bottle, regulator, air house and mask, that need to be brought up into compliance with the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standard 1981 (Open-Circuit Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus for Emergency Services) and NFPA Standard 1852 (Selection, Care, and Maintenance of Open-Circuit Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus). The tax note will replace the entire inventory of SCBAs so each firefighter can have the same reliable frontline equipment.
The purchase would include 150 SCBA Pack Assemblies with Thread Savers to improve longevity, 29 Rapid Intervention Team packs, SCBA decontamination machine, and 1 new SCBA compressor for station 1.
The cost for the 150 SCBA Pack Assemblies with Thread Savers, 29 Rapid Intervention Team packs, SCBA decontamination machine, and 1 new SCBA compressors is estimated $3,500,000.
The Texas Government Code, Chapter 1431, and the City's Financial Governance Policy authorize the ...
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