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Commissioners weigh sheriff fleet replacements after series of totaled vehicles; staff proposes baseline replacement plus variable for totals

2138866 · January 22, 2025
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County fleet managers and the sheriff’s office told commissioners that totaled patrol vehicles this year exposed a gap in the baseline replacement program; staff proposed keeping the annual prioritized replacement plan and adding a variable line to cover vehicles totaled each year so the spare fleet does not shrink.

Fleet and sheriff’s staff reviewed the county vehicle replacement plan March 4 and described how a spike in totaled patrol vehicles this year is straining available spares and the prioritized replacement schedule.

Public Works and fleet staff said the FY2015 vehicle-replacement baseline in the draft budget totals about $1.4 million, appropriated to a prioritized replacement sequence. County fleet management described 10 county vehicles that were totaled between January of last year and January of this year; only one…

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