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Council weighs police vehicle replacements and new license‑plate cameras
Summary
Council discussed replacing aging patrol vehicles and leasing additional surveillance cameras (license-plate readers). Staff recommended funding one or two patrol units in FY‑26, and police described increased maintenance and heat-related wear on the 2020 fleet; no purchase motion was taken.
Council members discussed funding replacement patrol vehicles and expanding license-plate–reader surveillance as part of the proposed FY 2025–26 budget.
City Manager Eric Garrity told the council that fully outfitted patrol vehicles are running about $90,000 each, including lights, radios and video equipment. “A fully outfitted patrol unit… is coming out somewhere around $90,000,” Garrity said to frame the cost. He said the city bought a block of five vehicles in 2020 and that, as those units reach…
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