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Seymour hears Enterprise fleet-lease proposal as police seek to modernize aging vehicles
Summary
Police presented vehicle-aging data and Enterprise Fleet Management offered an open-end lease model to lower maintenance costs and shorten replacement cycles; the board asked for a scaled cost analysis and vendor references and asked staff to return with numbers by the next meeting.
Seymour police officials told the board their fleet is aging and costly to maintain, and they invited Enterprise Fleet Management to outline a leasing option that would rotate patrol vehicles more frequently and reduce repair costs.
Deputy Chief Mike Fapiano described a fleet profile showing 75% of vehicles are five years or older and that the towncurrently holds vehicles an average of about 12 years. He said unit acquisition and upfitting now runs roughly $70,000to $80,000 per patrol vehicle and that continued long-term ownership drives maintenance and downtime.
Enterprise representative Mike Stewart described an open-end lease designed for high-mileage municipal use: the company would identify turnover timing, capture resale equity from retired units to offset new leases, and provide fleet-management oversight and data. Stewart presented a 10-year planning model that used a conservative replacement schedule and showed first-year examples in which eight fully upfitted vehicles could be brought into the program with a total modeled acquisition-equivalent annualized payment in the example shown (Enterprise's model estimated roughly $78,000 for the first-year set of eight vehicles in its proof-of-concept scenario).
Stewart said typical monthly payments vary by vehicle and upfit: examples in the presentation ranged roughly from $600 for certain light vehicles to about $1,300 per month for a fully upfitted interceptor; he said the finance factor is tied to the three-year Treasury plus a margin. Stewart emphasized the fleet plan is flexible and that municipalities can scale the program down (the board asked Enterprise to model a smaller fleet of roughly 20 vehicles).
Board members sought comparative numbers and stressed predictable budgeting: members asked for current maintenance spend on the fleet, a projection showing total cost of ownership against the lease model, and references from other Connecticut municipalities using the program. Enterprise and police staff agreed to provide municipal references, a one- to two-page cost summary and a refined model for the board's February 17 meeting.
What happens next: Enterprise will submit a scaled proposal, provide references, and work with finance to model both an acquisition and lease scenario for the board to review.
