(KLZA)-- The Richardson County Commission has approved the purchase of a new fire truck for the Dawson Rural Fire Department.

Representatives of the Fire Department presented plans to the Commission this week for the purchase of a 2017 Ford fire truck at a cost not to exceed $50,114.

The truck will be financed for a year through a loan with the State Bank of Table Rock Humboldt Branch at a 2.5 percent interest rate..

The new truck will replace the current truck that is 40 years old. Plans are to sell the current fire truck.  

The purchase requires bonded indebtedness, which must be approved by the Commissioners.  Richardson County is not responsible for the cost of the truck.