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Council approves up to $10,000 additional cost for six police vehicles, staff says it's a COVID-era pass-through
Summary
Council approved an added expense for police department enterprise vehicles after staff said COVID-era price increases led the vendor to pass through roughly $10,000 in back-end costs spread across six vehicles.
Council members approved an added expense related to the police department’s enterprise vehicles after staff explained the additional costs resulted from price increases at the start of the COVID pandemic.
A council member asked staff (addressed as Josh in the discussion) how the unpaid amount was discovered. Staff responded that enterprise up-fronted costs during the pandemic and later passed some increased costs back to the city; the staff estimate was no more than $10,000 spread across six vehicles. "It's no more than $10,000 with that cost ... it's spread out across 6 vehicles," the staff member said.
A council member moved to approve the added expense and the motion was seconded; the chair called for a voice vote and the motion passed according to the transcript.
The council did not produce a line-item accounting in the meeting record; staff described this as a housekeeping adjustment rather than a single vehicle overrun.
