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Council approves finance agreement for GPS and software on municipal golf carts
Summary
Council approved a lease-purchase agreement to equip Purple Sage Municipal Golf Course carts with GPS and software—budgeted product fees were listed at about $108,411 and payments will begin in April—to improve pace of play, prevent cart damage and aid recovery of stolen carts.
Evanston’s council approved Resolution 2471 to enter a finance agreement enabling purchase and leasing of GPS hardware and software for municipal golf carts at Purple Sage Municipal Golf Course.
Staff and councilors said the equipment serves several functions: to speed up the pace of play by monitoring groups, to prevent carts from entering restricted turf or greens (the carts can be limited or stopped remotely), and to provide a central command that shows cart locations and can assist in recovering stolen carts. One speaker noted prior instances of carts taken into town and said the system allows tracking.
The product fees listed in the agreement were reported at about $108,411; council members asked questions about the price and were told payments are scheduled to start in April (the equipment is installed but payments are deferred until the spring). Council members noted the potential cost of green replacement—"upwards of $100,000"—as part of the equipment’s justification. After discussion, a motion to introduce and pass the resolution was seconded and the council approved it by voice vote.
The transcript does not include a roll-call tally. The resolution references an agreement with a leasing partner and a vendor identified in the meeting as TAG Marshall Inc.
