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CASE # SQUAD CAR PURCHASE CONCEPT By: Mike Auspos, Police Chief Background: About four years ago, City Council accepted a plan to sell off or transfer to other City Department(s) squad vehicles that had acquired 60,000 to 65,000 miles, based on information regarding fleet practices in other governmental agencies and private concerns. With the current complement of vehicles, this meant two cars purchased every year. Because of the budget problems, the second car for 1992 was cut and only one was ordered. This means that one of the cars that currently has over 60,000 miles wilI be in service until 1993 and will have approximately 90 to 95,000 miles by the spring of 1993. The Investigator's car has over 170,000 miles on it and is not reliable for police use, even as an investigation unit. I had planned on putting the patrol unit with the 60,000+ miles into the investigator car slot and putting the one new car into patrol. Then in 1993 I could start trying to work back into the two-car purchase, doing so by 1994. I would like to request that the Budget Committee explore with me a concept that would get us back into the rotation in 1993 and save perhaps $1,000 this year. I propose placing the new (1992) car directly into the investigator car slot. Doing so would require a very minimal set-up cost in that it only needs installation of a siren head and cone and an interior stand for a portable rotating red light. The radio installation is done by Anoka County at no charge. The patrol unit scheduled to go into the investigator slot would remain on patrol and there would be no tear-down cost to switch its equipment into the new car. If this is done; however, it would require the replacement of two patrol units in 1993 as there would be two with mileage of approximately 95,000. Then in 1994, the two 1991 cars would reach 95,000 miles and be replaced. That would put us back into a two-per-year rotation and the rotated vehicles would be available for resale or inter-City Department use with about 65,000 miles on them. What I am seeking from the Budget Committee is approval of this concept with implementation only if the budget picture improves so as to allow it and if the Equipment Revolving Plan is put into place. If the Budget Committee approves this, I will at least then put the new car into the investigator slot and if it appears in a few months that the above plan cannot be accomplished, then I can put that unit into patrol and put the patrol unit into investigation. We will then go into the spring of 1993 with only one car with about 95,000 miles. I will be available at the meeting to discuss this concept. Committee Action: Based upon discussion. Review Checklist: Copies also distributed to: Police Chief BC: 04/28/92 Finance Officer City Administrator 7