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Council presses police for vehicle inventory and maintenance data before approving broad vehicle purchases
Summary
Police asked to replace multiple vehicles, including two patrol cars and staff/CID vehicles. Council asked for an itemized inventory, mileage and maintenance cost comparison and recommended prioritizing patrol vehicles over staff vehicles before approving purchases.
Police requested replacement of two patrol vehicles that were recently totaled, plus CID and staff vehicles, laptops for CID, radio replacements and other communications improvements. The chief explained patrol cars and CID vehicles are aging (some 2013 model years with 120,000'+ miles), and that two vehicles were totaled this year.
Council members asked for a vehicle inventory, year/mileage/cost-to-maintain comparisons and recommended staggering replacements so the city does not absorb a large single-year expense. "We need to see what the more critical ones are and figure out, okay, we'll do this this year and then earmark the rest for the following year," one councilor said. The police chief agreed to return with maintenance and replacement schedules and to prioritize patrol vehicles.
