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COMMISSION AGENDA
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INFORMATIONAL
Meeting
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Authorization
April 13, 1998
TITLE: Police Department requesting the Commission review recommendations for
meeting the needs for vehicles due to the additional personnel approved by prior Commission
action.
PURPOSE: The purpose of this item is provide the Commission with information and a
recommendation for acquiring additional vehicles to meet the needs of the Police Department in
light of the addition of eight Police Officers under the Universal Hiring Grant.
CONSIDERATIONS: At the March 9, 1998 meeting of the City Commission, the Commission
directed the Police Department to further explore the use of vehicles to meet the needs of the additional
personnel being sought under the Universal Hiring Grant. At that meeting, the Commission approved the
acquisition of up to six (6} additional police vehicles.
A fully-equipped Ford Crown Victoria 4-door Sedan patrol car costs $24,600 per vehicle. At this cost,
the expense for buying fOllr (4) to six (6) vehicles would be as follows:
Cost for 4 Crown Victorias........ ...... ............ .... .................. ........... ................. ...$ 98,400
Cost for 5 Crown Victorias.... ........... ................... .......... ..................... ...... ........$ 123,000
Cost for 6 Crown Victorias...............................................................................$ 147,600
By reviewing both the current and future needs of the department, as an alternative to this plan, the
department could purchasl~ eight (8) mid-size vehicles for much less than the cost of five or six full-size
sedans. In an effort to down size all non patrol vehicles, mid-size vehicles would replace Investigative
and Administrative use vlehicles. This would allow the (8) eight full-size Crown Victorias currently
assigned to those duties to be returned to the patrol fleet. This will give us the flexibility to put more
officers on the street during peak periods and to spread out the amount of mileage being put on the patrol
vehicles, which currently averages over 25,000 miles a year per vehicle.
The Plymouth Breeze mid-size sedan costs $12,650 per vehicle. At this cost, the expense for buying
eight (8) vehicles would bl~ as follows:
Cost for 8 Plymouth Breezes......... ...... ............ ............ ............. ......... ............ ..$101,200
This figure is only slightly more than the cost of four Crown Victorias, but could save the City between
$21,800 and $46,400 from the purchase of five or six Crown Victorias.
This method would be a good start toward meeting the current and near future needs of the department,
and would put us on track to starting a better vehicle replacement program. In this way, we can continue
to provide safe, reliable transportation for the various units of the department, while at the same time
keeping the initial costs to the City low, and spreading out the mileage on the existing vehicles to keep
the maintenance and repair costs to a minimum.
RECOMMENDATION: Approve the purchase of eight (8) mid-size Plymouth Breeze sedans.
IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE: In conjunction with the additional personnel previously approved
by Commission action.
FUNDING: We will apply for grants if available or purchase from General Fund Reserves.
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