Town parks staff presented a proposal to replace four sunsetting fleet vehicles under the municipality’s enterprise fleet lease program but the board voted to table the decision pending more financial detail.

Jared Logsdon described the recommended swaps: trade in three F-250s for Dodge Ram 2500s and replace a 2018 Explorer with a Chevy Traverse. He provided monthly payment estimates in his presentation: “the Rams would have a monthly payment of $3,354.03, and the Traverse would be $830.26,” figures he said were prior to manufacturer incentives and trade-in equity.

Logsdon said incentives and expected trade-in equity could materially reduce the apparent increase in annual payments. He told trustees the department expects roughly $59,000 in trade-in equity that would offset an estimated $50,211 in annual lease-and-maintenance costs for the new vehicles.

Board members pressed for more transparent comparisons: current lease costs for the specific trucks being replaced, the buyout price if the town chose to own rather than lease, the maintenance coverage under the proposed plans, and whether other town departments are following the same program. One trustee asked staff to include the department’s total fleet and the number of maintenance technicians to help frame long-term operational needs.

Because the board wanted these numbers in an apples-to-apples comparison, trustees made a motion to table the replacement decision and asked Logsdon to return with detailed figures on current payments, projected costs after incentives and equity, buyout options, and departmental fleet context. The motion passed by voice vote.

Officials said staff will bring that analysis back to the board before any ordering or contract execution occurs.