A county public-safety committee on Aug. 19 approved the sheriff’s request to enter an agreement with Niemeyer Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram for dealer-specific maintenance and repairs for vehicles in the sheriff’s fleet.

The agreement covers dealer-specific repairs and routine maintenance for Chrysler, Dodge and Ram vehicles used by the sheriff’s office, Sheriff Lafarre said. The committee voted to move the item forward and carried the motion.

The agreement is recurring, Lafarre said, and is intended to ensure access to dealership-level service that manufacturer warranties or complex repairs might require. He told the committee that not all sheriff’s vehicles are Chryslers, noting the fleet includes some Ford vehicles and “some Taurus’.”

Supervisor Strainer asked whether the entire fleet consisted of Chrysler, Dodge or Ram vehicles; Lafarre answered that the fleet includes at least one Ford and some Tauruses, and that the county maintains separate agreements when vehicles require dealer-specific work.

The committee approved the motion after a second; members voted in favor and the motion carried.

The item was procedural and limited to approving the maintenance agreement; no dollar amount for the contract or term length was provided in the meeting record.