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Sheriff’s office outlines Enterprise lease plan for five patrol SUVs, projects lower lifecycle costs
Summary
The sheriff’s office presented a multi‑year lease plan with Enterprise to replace patrol vehicles with five Dodge Durangos, projected monthly payments and resale assumptions; commissioners received the update but took no fiscal vote.
The Decatur County sheriff’s office presented commissioners with a plan to lease five replacement patrol SUVs through Enterprise, describing projected lease payments, resale estimates and contingency planning for collisions or totaled vehicles.
Sheriff’s department representatives said the department will lease five Dodge Durango pursuit vehicles. Sheeted quote materials presented show a monthly payment for each vehicle of $1,137.62 after applied equity, and the department said the upfitting quote from Walter Mann’s (the upfitting vendor) came in a bit lower than expected.
The sheriff’s presenter summarized year‑to‑date expenditures in the county’s current fleet lease program and said Enterprise’s resale and market estimates for traded vehicles have tracked close to earlier projections so far; the department projected total 2026 lease spending in the neighborhood of $70,000 before the sale of remaining vehicles and expected the fully‑loaded fleet cost to come in below initial enterprise estimates if market resale values hold.
Responding to a commissioner question about totaled vehicles, the sheriff’s office said no leased vehicles had yet been totaled in their experience, but the contract structure includes contingency planning; the worst‑case out‑of‑pocket cost stated during the meeting was roughly $6,500 for the county after insurance and equity are applied, with other options (insurance, commissary funds, or council support) to cover residual amounts if needed.
The department said they expect lead time for ordered vehicles to be slow at year‑end because of model changeovers, but anticipated delivery and upfitting to allow vehicles on the road by March following ordering later in the year; enterprise representatives offered to be available to answer commissioner questions on pricing and timing.
Ending — fiscal implications: The briefing was informational; commissioners did not take a formal vote on fleet funding during the meeting. Department officials said the sheriff’s office would continue to monitor market resale values and proceed with ordering and upfitting, with routine budgetary oversight and any required council approvals for purchases or funding changes.
