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District outlines vehicle replacements, municipal-lease plan and costs for security and operations
Summary
Administration described proposed fleet changes — switching a planned dump truck to an F-350 with a dump insert, replacing a driver's-education car, and buying an unmarked SUV for school police — and proposed a four-year municipal lease estimated near $40,000 per year.
Facilities and safety staff told the committee the district plans several vehicle replacements and is pursuing a municipal lease to spread costs.
Mr. Fabrizio, the district facilities staff lead, and Chief Miller discussed options for the last vehicles on the replacement schedule. Administration proposed substituting a full dump truck with an F-350 pickup fitted with a removable dump-bed insert to increase flexibility; administration reported CoStars pricing in the transcript for that option as a range reported by staff. Fabrizio said the district expects that to be the last fleet replacement in the current plan and that related approvals would come to the board in March or April.
On student program vehicles, Fabrizio said the driver's-education fleet includes a 2016 Ford Focus with roughly 59,000 miles and a failing transmission. He said replacing the car could be recommended at a "maximum not to exceed $27,000" and that the driver's-education vehicle generates revenue for the district’s community-education program that partially offsets costs.
Chief Miller proposed acquiring a medium-sized, unmarked SUV configured for transport with an interior cage and internal lights rather than a marked police vehicle. He said a vendor offered a comparative figure of about $50,600 for a similar outfitted vehicle. Miller said the unmarked SUV would be used exclusively by school police officers and the security team for district responses.
Administration described a financing scenario: a municipal lease over four years that the staff estimated would "roughly equate to about $40,000 per year for 4 years," though final interest rates and bank quotes must still be obtained. Committee members asked about trade-in credits, maintenance, timing and whether any of the costs were included in current budget lines. Fabrizio and Miller said some amounts could be taken from existing budgeted lines and that trade-in credits or dealer negotiations might reduce net costs.
The committee asked for further cost detail and timing to support bank-quote requests; administration said it would solicit banking quotes (a process they said typically takes about two weeks) and return to the committee in March with more precise financing options.
