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Councilors urge proactive fleet replacement plan as maintenance costs rise
Summary
Councilors said the city has been reactive on vehicle replacement and urged a planned replacement schedule (roughly nine vehicles per year) to reduce maintenance costs and avoid repeated shortages.
A councilor who spoke during the meeting said the city has been reactive on fleet management and urged a proactive strategy for replacing patrol vehicles going forward. The councilor said maintenance costs are "astronomical" when parts and different vehicle types are needed and noted that in a prior role it took two years to secure a single needed vehicle under similar windows.
The councilor described a target replacement cadence of about nine vehicles per year as an objective to stabilize the fleet and reduce emergency purchases. Councilors commended staff for the detail provided and said the planned procurement was intended to prevent repeated rapid depreciation of vehicles forced to fill gaps.
