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Tipp City Council moves $200,000 to buy three hybrid police vehicles after fleet failures
Summary
Council approved an amendment to the 2025 appropriations to accelerate purchase of three hybrid patrol vehicles, citing a current patrol-car shortage and contract timing that would delay replacements until mid-2026.
Tipp City Council approved an amendment to the 2025 appropriations on June 2 to move up the purchase of police vehicles from 2026 into 2025, council members said. The ordinance authorizes $200,000 from the capital improvement fund to cover the purchases and passed by roll call vote.
Council action matters because city staff said the police fleet is already short one patrol car and another vehicle is showing transmission problems, creating an operational need to replace vehicles sooner than planned.
City staff member Mack told the council the ordinance would move the purchase of patrol vehicles forward after an engine failure in one car. "We had engine failure in one of our patrol vehicles," Mack said. He said the funding would come from the capital…
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