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Newton approves $55,482.38 to purchase and outfit one patrol vehicle using insurance proceeds and fund balance
Newton City Council · March 1, 2026
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Summary
After two patrol vehicles were declared total losses, the council adopted a budget amendment recognizing $38,376.56 in insurance proceeds and authorizing an additional $17,105.82 from fund balance, totaling $55,482.38 for a replacement patrol vehicle and equipment.
Police Chief Vidal Sipe told council that two frontline patrol vehicles had been declared total losses after separate crashes (a 2014 Chevy Tahoe and a 2013 Chevy Caprice). The citys insurer, Glatfelter Claims Management Inc., paid $28,520.56 for the Tahoe and $9,856.00 for…
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