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Council hears competing analyses on fleet lease program as staff seek clearer cost comparison
Summary
City staff and a fleet-management vendor debated buy-versus-lease options for municipal vehicles at the July 24 workshop. Staff raised questions about apples-to-apples comparisons and requested a focused one-year lease vs. buy cost for the specific vehicles under consideration before the council takes any step toward a 29-vehicle leasing plan.
Keene staff and a fleet-management vendor presented competing views on whether the city should lease vehicles as part of a broader fleet-management program.
Mary (finance/city secretary) said staff initially compared a purchase plan for five vehicles to a vendor scenario that included 29 vehicles and that the comparison was not an "apples to apples" analysis. "If you put it together, this is what it looks like comparing it, like, column to... In the end,…
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