REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
September 10, 2015
FROM: BRIAN R. MARSHALL, Director
Department of Transportation
BY: JOSEPH AYERZA, Fleet Manager
Fleet Management Division
SUBJECT
Title
Approve an extension of a five year lease/purchase financing agreement with Kansas State Bank in the amount of $2,957,066 to acquire police vehicles and hardware
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends Council award an extension of the five year lease/purchase financing agreement with Kansas State Bank in the amount of $2,957,066, at an annual interest rate of 3.389 percent, to acquire 50 police vehicles, 14 police motorcycles, upfit hardware, 2 prisoner transport vans, 2 crime scene bureau vans, and authorize the Assistant Controller to execute related documents.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Police Department is in need of replacing 50 vehicles, 14 motorcycles, 2 prisoner transport vans, and 2 crime scene bureau vans, with related upfit hardware. The vehicles have reached the end of their economic lives and replacement of the vehicles is critical for the Police Department to effectively and efficiently provide public safety services within the city of Fresno.
BACKGROUND
The Police Department seeks replacement vehicles of marked units, specialty assigned units, and motorcycles that are past their economic life spans. Over the last few years, poor economic conditions have required the life span of a patrol car to be extended from five years to seven years. Some vehicles, such as the vans, have been in use for more than the extended seven-year period. Though improvements in vehicle technology and reliability have made using the vehicles for longer than recommended possible thus far, several vehicles in the fleet are still the old technology Ford Crown Victoria vehicles that are nine years or older. Additionally, several Dodge Chargers are seven years old and have accrued well over 100,000 miles. These vehicles have reached the end of th...
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