TO: Mayor Collins and Town Council Members
FROM: Kevin Burke, Town Manager
Peter Wingert, Chief of Police
DATE: September 28, 2017
DEPARTMENT: Police Department
Staff Contact Chief Peter Wingert
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AGENDA TITLE:
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Authorization to Purchase and Outfit of Police Patrol Vehicles
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Town Value(s):
? Primarily one-acre, residential community
? Limited government
? Creating a sense of community
? Partnerships with existing schools and resorts to enhance recreational opportunities
? Improving aesthetics/creating a brand
? Preserving natural open space
Providing High Quality Public Safety starts with furnishing quality equipment to the patrol division. This purchase will replace four vehicles that have reached the end of their service life.
Council Goals or Statutory Requirements:
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Approve the purchase of four (4) 2018 Chevrolet Tahoes for the Police Department (PD). The four (4) Tahoes will be used primarily as Police patrol vehicles.
Background
SUMMARY STATEMENT:
Police Department - The new 2018 Chevrolet Tahoe Police patrol vehicles will replace four (4) Chevrolet Tahoe Police patrol vehicles which currently serve as patrol and volunteer vehicles.
2018 Chevrolet Tahoe 2WD
The four (4) new 2018 Chevrolet Tahoes will replace two (2) 2007 Chevrolet Tahoes, unit #2918-43-40 and unit #9179-44, one (1) 2010 Chevrolet Tahoe, unit #1890-45, and one (1) 2011 Chevrolet Tahoe, unit #8126-46.
1. 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe 2WD - unit #2918-43, is being used primarily as a police volunteer vehicle. The new vehicle will go to Patrol and a current patrol vehicle will roll down to serve as a volunteer vehicle.
* Purchased 10/14/2007
* The cost to operate is $.22 per mile
* The vehicle has an odometer reading of 137,378 miles
* The vehicle is 10 years old
2. 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe 2WD - unit #9179-44, is being used primarily as a police volunteer vehicle. The new vehicle will go to Patrol and a current patrol v...
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