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Council highlights $7M annual vehicle master lease and $2M-a-year radio upgrade in draft budget
Summary
Council reviewed long-standing $7 million-per-year master lease for vehicle/equipment replacement and a multiyear plan to replace radios at an estimated $8 million, with roughly $2 million budgeted annually, because vendor system changes will make old radios incompatible.
Greenville County Council members reviewed capital requests in the draft budget for public-safety rolling stock and radios and sought clarity on financing and necessity.
Administrator Cornell said the county runs an approximate $7 million-a-year master lease program to finance fleet and equipment replacements, including law-enforcement patrol vehicles, ambulances and heavy equipment. "We spend approximately $7,000,000 a year purchasing vehicles and equipment," Cornell said, explaining the county uses…
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