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Council approves purchase of four Chevrolet Tahoe pursuit vehicles under budget
Summary
The council authorized purchase orders for four Chevrolet Tahoe police pursuit vehicles and upfitting, with a total requested expenditure of $290,610.85, under the department's $296,996 budgeted amount for the fiscal year.
The Sebastian City Council on March 12 authorized purchase orders for four Chevrolet Tahoe police pursuit vehicles and related upfitting work, approving expenditures that cumulatively remain under the amount budgeted this fiscal year.
City staff requested authority to issue purchase orders for four Chevy Tahoes and to upfit them for police use. The city reported a budgeted amount of $296,996 for the purchase in the current fiscal year; the combined total requested in the two purchase orders was $290,610.85. Staff said the department will re-use some equipment from existing vehicles to keep the purchase under budget and that future equipment replacements will be adjusted in subsequent budgets.
Procurement staff and the police chief were available to answer council questions. The council approved the purchase on a roll-call vote (Council member Dodd: Yes; Council member Nunn: Yes; Mayor McPartland: Yes; Vice Mayor Jones: Yes; Council member Dixon: Yes).
