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Council approves purchase of ADA-accessible bus and 15-passenger van for parks programs
Summary
The council authorized acquisition of a used ADA-accessible bus and a 15-passenger Ford Transit van under the CIP allocation, with staff noting the vehicles will expand recreation program capacity and could be subleased to nonprofits to offset costs.
Kurt Wolf, parks and recreation director, told the council staff found a used ADA-accessible bus below the originally budgeted new-bus price and that adding a 15-passenger van would increase seating capacity for recreation programming while remaining within the department’s CIP allocation.
"I just think there's a great opportunity here," Kurt Wolf said, describing program benefits and options to sublease vehicles to local nonprofits to offset maintenance costs. The bus purchase came in at roughly $44,070; the 15-passenger 2023 Ford Transit van purchase agreement was presented at $53,395 (not to exceed the approved CIP allocation).
Councilors discussed seat counts, ADA accessibility, the value of a city-maintained vehicle fleet for small nonprofits, and the need for a simple sublease policy. A motion to authorize the mayor to execute a purchase agreement for the 2023 Ford Transit 350 van (and related documents) passed on a roll-call vote; council also approved acquiring the ADA-accessible bus under the same CIP allocation.
