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Duluth council hears about new policy software and lower-cost fire-engine chassis purchases
Summary
Councilors heard about a five-year PolicyPro360 agreement for policy and accreditation management, purchase of two Freightliner chassis and upfitting for fire engines, and procurement of First Due operations software; costs and operational changes were discussed but no votes were recorded in the provided transcript.
The Duluth City Council received details on three public-safety purchases and services read as agenda items 9–11.
Chief Snow (identified in the transcript as chief Snowa) described a proposed five-year agreement with PolicyPro360, priced at $69,709.38, to replace the department’s current policy-management provider and to support training modules and accreditation under the Minnesota Law Enforcement Accreditation Program. “They also have training modules within this so that our officers are, training to the policy and that we are making sure that they have the necessary skills to perform their job,” Chief Snow said.
The council also heard from Chief Couche about the purchase of two Freightliner chassis from Boyer Trucks Superior for $252,684.78 and upfitting from Custom Fire Apparatus for $563,268, for a total not to exceed $815,952.78. Couche described a shift in fleet strategy to chassis-and-box replacements that he said lowers replacement costs compared with buying fully built engines. He told the council the department expects future engine replacements to cost “around that 40 to 50%” of previous full-engine prices and that the two chassis purchases come in “below 500,000” per unit in the current procurement.
The meeting also listed a proposed software purchase for fire operations management: a software agreement with First Due Holdings Inc., through Locality Media LLC d/b/a First Due, in the amount of $335,750 for department operations management.
All three items were presented as resolutions (numbers read in the meeting) and discussed by staff, but the provided transcript does not include recorded votes, mover/second or final outcomes for these items.
