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Wilkes-Barre staff seek purchases and lease for police equipment, vehicles; asset-forfeiture and grant funds cited
Summary
City staff briefed council on planned purchases of 14 Panasonic laptops and docking stations for police, a five-year lease-purchase for five patrol vehicles, and five additional vehicles funded by an LSA grant; purchases are funded primarily from the asset-forfeiture fund and an LSA grant, and the lease payments will affect the next fiscal year.
City staff told the Wilkes-Barre City Council at a work session that the Police Department needs replacement laptops and docking stations and up to 10 new patrol vehicles, and that staff are seeking authority to finalize purchases and a lease-purchase agreement.
Staff described two equipment purchases: 14 Panasonic Toughbook FZ laptops to replace units that cannot be upgraded and 14 docking stations; the laptops and docking stations were presented under a Commonwealth of Pennsylvania cooperative purchasing…
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