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Oak Grove alderwomen approve purchase of 2024 police vehicle after insurance payout
Summary
The board authorized using a $19,007.23 insurance payout plus capital funds to allow up to $54,000 for a replacement police vehicle after a 2018 patrol SUV was totaled; the measure passed by voice vote.
Oak Grove’s Board of Alderwomen approved the purchase of a 2024 police vehicle on June 17, following a presentation by the Police Chief about a crash that totaled a 2018 Ford Explorer.
The Chief told the board that the 2018 vehicle was “swamped by water going over a bridge, hydroplane[d], and slid into the barriers,” and that the insurance payoff for the totaled vehicle was $19,007.23. He asked the board to permit using that insurance payment, together with available public safety capital funds, to allow a maximum purchase price of $54,000 for a replacement patrol vehicle, likely a Dodge Durango police model. “It is outfitted as a police model,” he said, and prior pricing showed a fully equipped vehicle could run in the low-$50,000 range.
Board members moved and seconded the purchase request and approved it by voice vote; the meeting transcript records the motion passed but does not include a roll-call tally. The Chief said the capital funds being drawn on had been carried over in prior years while radios and other equipment were delayed by supply-chain issues, and that the department had previously budgeted for equipment purchases now completed.
The board’s authorization directs staff to proceed with procuring a replacement vehicle within the stated funding parameters. The meeting record does not show additional conditions or a formal, itemized funding breakdown beyond the insurance payment figure and the maximum purchase price approved.
