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Littleton staff outline 10-year fleet replacement plan, ask capital-tax board to seed fleet fund
Summary
City staff presented a new fleet replacement schedule that targets replacing light-duty vehicles after 10 years or 100,000 miles, proposed seeding a fleet fund with capital-improvement sales tax ("3a") dollars and described a multi-year seed plan and chargeback model to departments.
Littleton City staff presented a proposed fleet replacement program to the Capital Improvement Sales Tax Board that would standardize vehicle useful life and seed a dedicated fleet fund using 3a capital-improvement sales tax dollars.
The plan, described during the board's meeting, would prioritize replacing cars, SUVs and light-duty vehicles at 10 years or roughly 100,000 miles and retain very expensive equipment — for example a sewer jet vac truck — longer (about 15 years). Staff said the immediate intent is to "seed" a fleet fund with 3a money so departments can be charged an annual rate to maintain a steady replacement cycle rather than competing each year with other capital needs.
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