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FIN ANCE COMMITTEE <br />CITY OF RAMSEY <br />ANOKA COUNTY <br />~;TATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> <br />q'he Ramscy l:imt~cc Committee c~mdt~cted a regular meeting on Tuesday, May 25, 2004, at the <br />Ramscy Fire Station Number I, 15050 Atunstrong Boulevard NW, Ramsey, Minnesota. <br /> <br />Members Present: <br /> <br />Chairgerson David Elvig <br />Coun~;ilmember Sarah Strommen <br />( :oun~51member Gerald Zimmerman <br /> <br />Also Present: <br /> <br />[;inan c¢ Officer Diana Lund <br />Direc or of Public Works/Fire Chief Dean Kapler <br /> <br />CAIA~ rfC ORDER <br /> <br />Chairperson I';lvig called lbo regular' meeting of the Finance Committee to order at 5:30 p.m. <br /> <br />CITIZEN IN PUT <br /> <br />Thel'e was ilOllC. <br /> <br />COMMITTI,;I,; B~ JSINESS <br /> <br />Case #Al: Drug Seized Vehicle' <br /> <br />Police Chicl' \¥ay reported Chat the City has seized a drug vehicle, which is a 1995 Lexus. Staff <br />is rcq ucsti ng direction fi'om l l1¢ Co~,maittee as to the possibility of using the vehicle for staff use. <br />Thc payo I'f' on the vehicle is $600, ~;nd approximately $1,000 would likely need to be put into the <br />vehicle. The vehicle does have Crand new brakes and there are about 75,000 miles on the <br />vehicle. For thc c~)st of approximately $1,500, they may be able to get two to four years of use <br />out of'thc vchictc. The vehicle he i'; driving at the time has about 85,000 miles on it. To fix one <br />of the squad ca~-s costs a lot of mon(;y, while a Lexus is not high end in repair costs. If the Lexus <br />is kept Ibr slal'l~ use a diff'crcnt w~hicle would be sold or filtered through for use by other <br />employees. ~l'hc (¢it¥ has kept somz o~her drug seized vehicles in the past. Another question to <br />consider is thc pe~-ception r>l' seeinr~; a staff person driving a Lexus. He suggested it could be <br />announced in the/4c~m.v~ Rc'~xic/e~t l~ow the vehicle was acquired. <br /> <br />Councilmembcr Zi mmerman noted this was done before when the City seized a vehicle, and the <br />vehicle is being used for Cily businc~ss. <br /> <br />I'olicc ()hicC Way explained the o[hct' alternative would be to sell the vehicle and the profit <br />would go into thc drug forl?eiture i'uncl. The blue book value of the vehicle is approximately <br />$3,000. 'l'hc lalt~s side would be if thc vehicle were to be kept for staff use and they were able to <br /> <br />Fina, ice Committee/May 25, 2004 <br /> Page 1 of 6 <br /> <br /> <br />