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Capital Improvement Project 2025 through 2029 PROJECT # CW-42 PROJECT NAME: #319 Marked Patrol Vehicle Project Year: 2026 Department: Police Program: Citywide Project Type: Vehicles Useful Life (Years): 5 Contact Person: Public Safety Director Project Description: Replace 2021 Chevy Tahoe patrol vehicle #319 Project Justification: Emergency vehicles are regularly driven at the upper performance levels. Vehicles with over 100,000 miles are more likely to have transmission, suspension and engine problems. Each of these repairs increases the cost per mile to operate the vehicle. Peak mechanical and structural condition of performance -driven emergency vehicles is essential to ensure the safety of the public and officers. Officers are expected to respond to emergencies quickly, with constant due regard for public safety. As such, our emergency vehicles cannot fail. With vehicle age, comes increased risk to the driver and public due to mechanical wear, weathering from exterior parking/storage, and the effects of prolonged salt exposure. Police patrol vehicles often need to idle when in-service and not parked in an area with shore power due to the temperature sensitive medical equipment and supplies the officers carry, as well as to ensure adequate charging of the squad computer. According to General Motors (2022 Chev Tahoe owner's manual, pg. 391 - extended idle use) each hour of idling is equal to 33 miles . A five year old squad car which has approximately 5900 idle hours, equates to approximately 194,700 additional miles added to the vehicle. Funding Sources FY2025 FY2026 FY2027 FY2028 FY2029 Total Capital Equipment Replacement Fund $0 $74,700 $0 $0 $0 $74,700 (402) Total $0 $74,700 $0 $0 $0 $74,700 Expenditures FY2025 FY2026 FY2027 FY2028 FY2029 Total Capital Equipment $0 $74,700 $0 $0 $0 $74,700 Total $0 $74,700 $0 $0 $0 $74,700 itell I