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Coos Bay proposes vehicle lease program and consolidates North Coos dispatch budget
Summary
The Coos Bay Police Department’s budget proposes participation in an enterprise vehicle-lease program and requests four fully upfitted patrol vehicles; the city also presented the consolidated North Coos dispatch center budget following county-wide consolidation of 911 dispatching.
Coos Bay police and public-safety budget items featured two notable items at Thursday’s Budget Committee meeting: a planned vehicle-lease program for patrol cars and a consolidated North Coos dispatch center budget that covers county-wide 911 dispatch services the city now operates.
Police Chief Chris Chabonar told the committee the department plans to enter the enterprise lease program and budgeted for four upfitted patrol vehicles in the coming year. The department expects a monthly lease cost and will show related debt-service lines for principal and interest; the presentation included a GASB-driven accounting treatment that books the multi-year lease…
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