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Council discusses leasing four police vehicles and a $361,000 radio infrastructure project
Summary
Staff proposed leasing four police vehicles to replace high‑mileage cars and described a radio infrastructure project being split across municipalities; councilmembers asked whether joining the county system would be cheaper and expressed concerns about timing and consortium votes.
Staff told the council the police fleet includes at least six vehicles with more than 100,000 miles and proposed leasing four vehicles on a three‑year lease so the town can remove older cars sooner. "So we would be taking 4 of the 100,000 mile cars off the road instead of 2," staff said during the presentation.
Separately, a large communications infrastructure and new‑radio project was cited for approximately $361,000; staff said the project includes infrastructure split across the MPSCC consortium and the new radios that go with it. Councilmembers asked whether the town could instead join the countywide radio system to save money; police staff and local representatives said work is proceeding with the consortium and that a vote among member municipalities is imminent, limiting the town's unilateral options.
