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Personnel committee awards $34,503 vehicle bid for DSS, sparks wider fleet and reimbursement debate
Summary
The committee voted to award a $34,503.20 van purchase to Bob Ferrerio Chevrolet for the Department of Social Services and debated using carpool vehicles, state reimbursement rules and fleet sizing before approving the bid 6–5 in committee roll call.
Washington County’s Personnel Committee on April 10 approved awarding a bid to Bob Ferrerio Chevrolet for a Department of Social Services (DSS) van at $34,503.20, but the vote followed an extended debate about fleet management, state reimbursement and whether DSS could use carpool vehicles instead.
County staff told the committee the purchase would replace a high-mileage DSS van and that the commissioner had planned to use state reimbursement to offset much of the cost. Staff said the county can claim up to $25,000 of a vehicle purchase for reimbursement in the purchase year; any amount above that threshold must be amortized (staff described options including amortizing over three or five years), which…
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