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City outlines plan for 10 police vehicles: five from LSA grant, five by five‑year lease
Summary
Administration said the first five patrol vehicles would be paid with an LSA grant while the remaining five would come via a five‑year lease‑purchase agreement; officials said the lease payments are not in the current budget and will be phased across the current and next fiscal year.
City staff told the council the police department plans to obtain 10 vehicles, with financing split between a Local Share Account (LSA) grant and a lease‑purchase agreement.
“The first 5 are LSA grant. The other 5 are a lease purchase agreement for 5 years,” Administrator Charlie McCormack said. He added the purchases were not fully in the current budget and that “by the time they get delivered ... we're probably about a quarter of that this year, about 75% in next year's budget.”
Residents asked whether the vehicles were necessary and what would happen to old units. Tom Gagotek and other speakers supported additional vehicles while asking about disposition of the retired cars. McCormack said in the past inoperable vehicles are collected and auctioned when appropriate.
Separately, McCormack said equipment for police such as computers would be paid from asset‑forfeiture funds tied to criminal actions, not the general fund.
The consent agenda that night, which contained routine resolutions and minutes, was approved by voice vote; the transcript does not show a separate, detailed procurement contract award or vehicle order in the public record of that meeting.
