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Council approves $400,000 GO Bond allocation for sheriff vehicles
Summary
The council approved $400,000 from the GO Bond for Sheriff Steve Bush to purchase fleet vehicles (eight cars were requested; one council member opposed). A separate request to fund vehicles from Public Safety LIT was removed from the agenda.
Sheriff Steve Bush told the council the GO Bond budget included $500,000 for fleet vehicles and that he planned to buy eight cars. Council members discussed prior spending of roughly $100,000 on body armor and whether grant funding could be pursued for that expense. After debate, the council approved $400,000 from the GO Bond for vehicles; the vote was 5-1 with Council member Jim Freiberger opposed.
Separately, a request to fund sheriff vehicles from the Public Safety LIT (vehicles $500,000) was removed from the agenda by motion and the removal was approved unanimously. The Auditor later reflected the Public Safety LIT line-item as not being approved by council action.
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